Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
40 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
What is epistemology?
|
Theory of knowledge; the branch of philosophy that investigates how people know what they know.
|
|
Constructiveness
|
Truth is determined by the individual or cultural group;
Qualitative perspective. |
|
Positivist
|
Truth is sought via replicable observation.
|
|
Positivist Paradigm
|
Objectivism; real reality, driven by natural laws, context minimized> surroundings are minimized in importance, aims to describe,predict, explain and control. Is the neutral observer
|
|
Constructivist Paradigm
|
Subjectivism; multiple realities, influenced by cuture and environment; context is emphasized; aims to describe, understand, transform a situation; ACTIVE PARTICIPANT
|
|
Qualitative Research is?
|
The study of research questions about human experiences. Often conducted in natural settings, and uses data that are words or text, rather than numerical.
|
|
What is the purpose of Qualitative Research Methods?
|
-guide nursing practice
-contribute to instrument developement -build nursing theory |
|
Key methods to Qualitative research?
|
-ethnography
-grounded theory -phenomenology -case studies -historiography -participatory action research |
|
What is Enthnography?
|
A research approach designed to produce cultural theory.
|
|
Goal of the ethnographer?
|
To understand natives' view of the world.
|
|
In phenomenological research, researchers must acknowledge any previous information, ideas, or beliefs about a particular phenomenon before proceeding with the study. This is referred to as?
|
Bracketing
|
|
Data is collected in a phenomenological (subjective) study through a variety of techniques, which include?
|
Observation, descriptions written by subjects, and unstructured interviews.
|
|
The researcher provides information regarding decision-making during the steps of data analysis to interpretation of findings. this meets the criteria of?
|
Auditability
|
|
Which group of social scientists has the greatest interest and commitment to discovery of cultural knowledge?
|
Anthropologists
|
|
Observations recorded about the people, places and things that are part of the ethnographer's study of a culture are referred to as?
|
Field Notes
|
|
the phrase "researcher as instrument" is a fundamental characteristic of ethnography. This refers to?
|
the researcher's becoming immersed in direct observation and learning from members of cultural groups.
|
|
Data gathered in grounded theory research using field techniques, observational methods, and documents are examined and analyzed through a system referred to as?
|
Constant comparative method
|
|
The qualitative design used to study social processes and social structures and to develop theory:
|
Grounded Theory
|
|
voice of the perspective of members of a group:
|
Emic
|
|
The qualitative desing used to study the lived experiences of humans:
|
Phenomenology
|
|
Random assignment controls for?
|
Selection bias
|
|
Another name for study weaknesses is?
|
Limitations
|
|
The threat to internal validity that is most difficult to control is?
|
Mortality
|
|
A nurse researchers is conducting a 6 week experiment to help a group of subjects control their smoking. During the study, a report appears in the media about a celebrity who has died of lung cancer. What threat to validity is quite likely present in this study?
|
History
|
|
The degree to which the study results can be applied to the larger popluation refers to :
|
External validity
|
|
Which type of design controls for the reactive effects of the pretest?
|
Solomon four-group.
|
|
What threat to internal validity is controlled when a researcher completes an experiment in a relatively short period to minimize developmental changes?
|
Maturation
|
|
What threat to interanl validity is controlled when a researcher uses reliable and valid assessment tools or scales for rating or scoring to avoid bias?
|
Instrumentation
|
|
A true experiment requires all of the following except?
|
double-blind procedures
|
|
Which of the following must be present in quasi-experimental research?
|
Manipulation of a variable
|
|
What is Etic view?
|
Researcher's interpretation of views about the human social life in a social science perspective.
|
|
What is Emic view?
|
Views of the participants or members of the social group.
|
|
What is Grounded Theory?
|
Theory that is constructed inductively from a base of observations of the world as it is lived by a selected group of people.
|
|
Grounded theory method
|
Is a research approach that uses a systemic set of procedures to arrive at a theory about basic social processes.
|
|
Modifiability
|
ability to change theory in light of new data.
|
|
Phenomenology
|
a research approach that aims to describe experience as it is lived. A research method aimed at obtaining a description of an experience as it is lived in order to understand the meaning that experience for those who have it.
|
|
Phenomenology: Essence of Method
|
Description of the individual's lived experience.
|
|
Foundation of Phenomenology
|
Philosophy
|
|
Historical Method
|
The systematic compilation of data and the critical presentation, evaluation and interpretation of facts regarding people, events, and occurences of the past
|
|
Sample Size=Data saturation
|
How comprehensively and completely the research question(s) were answered.
|