Chapter 05: Introduction to Qualitative Research

Chapter 05: Introduction to Qualitative Research

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. A characteristic of qualitative research data is that they are what?

a.	In text form
b.	Dichotomous
c.	Free of patterns
d.	Inappropriate for analysis

 

 

ANS:  A

 

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A	A distinctive characteristic of qualitative research studies is that data consist of text (words), not numbers as in quantitative research.
B	Dichotomous data are nominal and frequently found in quantitative studies.
C	Patterns emerge from qualitative research data.
D	The data generated by qualitative studies are appropriate for content analysis.

 

 

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2. A nurse researcher who is considering whether to use a qualitative research design should be aware that the focus of qualitative research is what?

a.	Measuring one or more human characteristics
b.	Controlling variables that interfere with the phenomenon being studied
c.	Viewing human beings as composites of many body systems
d.	Studying human experiences that occur within a person’s natural setting

 

 

ANS:  D

 

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A	Measuring variables (one or more human characteristics) is not a focus of qualitative research.
B	Control of variables is consistent with quantitative research design.
C	Qualitative studies view human beings in a holistic way, not as the sum of parts.
D	Human experience occurring in a person’s natural setting is the focus of qualitative studies, although investigators may not always go to the setting where the person experienced the phenomenon.

 

 

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3. The determining factor for a researcher in selecting a qualitative research approach should be what?

a.	The need to test a theory
b.	The nature of the research question
c.	The age and gender of the research participants
d.	The availability of valid instruments to measure the phenomenon

 

 

ANS:  B

 

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A	Qualitative studies are often represented as theory-generating, not theory-testing, studies.
B	Each research method originates in a philosophy of research and matches the nature of the research question.
C	These demographic variables may be characteristics of subjects or participants in quantitative or qualitative research studies.
D	Instruments to measure variables are not used in qualitative research studies.

 

 

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4. Which of these terms is synonymous with paradigm?

a.	Empiricism
b.	Worldview
c.	Holism
d.	Viewpoint

 

 

ANS:  B

 

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A	Empiricism refers to the reliance on observation and experimentation, i.e., quantitative research.
B	A paradigm is a worldview, a philosophical or theoretical framework.
C	Holism is a theory that the universe and living nature are correctly seen as interacting wholes, more than the sum of their parts.
D	A viewpoint is a way of looking at or thinking about a subject.

 

 

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5. In which of these circumstances should a nurse researcher select a qualitative research design instead of a quantitative design?

a.	The time for data collection is limited.
b.	The research question is clinical in nature.
c.	The goal is to view the phenomenon in the same way as those who experience it.
d.	The researcher is a novice with minimal experience in scientific problem solving.

 

 

ANS:  C

 

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A	Some qualitative studies take extended times to complete.
B	Both qualitative and quantitative research designs may be used to answer research questions that are clinical in nature.
C	This describes qualitative research designs. The interpretive, naturalistic approach values the lived experience from the perspectives of participants and informants.
D	Novice researchers are challenged by both qualitative and quantitative research studies.

 

 

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