Introduction to Qualitative Research Worksheet
Introduction to Qualitative Research Worksheet Based on readings from the semester, answer the following questions. Name _______________________________________ 1. Methods: Quantitative vs. Qualitative Quantitative and qualitative refer to the philosophy, method of data collection, and type of data collected. a. What are two characteristics of Quantitative data? b. What are two characteristics of Qualitative data? 2. Rigor refers to the trustworthiness of qualitative data. What constitutes rigor in qualitative research – define each component? (hint – credibility, dependability, confirmability, transferability) 3. How is the role of the researcher different in qualitative and quantitative? a. Define in your own words: b. Symbolic Interactionism c. Bracketing d. Memoing, e. Coding f. Data Saturation 4. Match the type of research to the study: Which title suggests that the type of study that might have been conducted? a. Historical b. Ethnography c. Grounded Theory d. Phenomenology ______ Knowles, A. (2011).Resilience among Japanese atomic bomb survivors. International Nursing Review, 58(1), 54-60. _______ Melincavage, S. M. (2011). Student nurses’ experiences of anxiety in the clinical setting. Nurse Education Today, 31(8), 785-789. _______Fairman, J. A., & Okoye, S. M. (2011). Nursing for the Future, from the Past: Two Reports on Nursing from the Institute of Medicine. Journal Of Nursing Education, 50(6), 305-312. Modified RAR_SU16 _______ Langford, D. (1996). Predicting unpredictability: a model of women’s processes of predicting battering men’s violence. Scholarly Inquiry For Nursing Practice, 10(4), 371. 5. How are the steps (below) in the qualitative process different from the quantitative process? Why do you think they are different? a. Identifying a phenomenon b. Selecting a framework/design c. Selecting a sample d. Conducting a review of literature e. Collecting data f. Analyzing data g. Reporting results Modified RAR_SU16
