Deck 18: Critiquing Qualitative Research

Question 1

Which of the following activities represents attention to credibility in a qualitative study?

A) Ensuring that all participants self-identified with a specific racial or ethnic group
B) Providing direct quotations from participants
C) Identifying the basic psychological process (BSP)
D) Participants recognizing their data and approving their accuracy during validation

Answer 1

Participants recognizing their data and approving their accuracy during validation

Question 2

Which of the following omissions would not result in a negative critique of an article?

A) A description of the design aspects of the study was omitted.
B) A description of the sample participants was omitted.
C) The purpose of the study was omitted.
D) A description of the research team was omitted.

Answer 2

A description of the research team was omitted.

Question 3

Which of the following pieces of information presented in the report of a qualitative research study indicates that the research meets the criterion of auditability?

A) The researcher's conclusions are congruent with the study findings.
B) The results are meaningful to persons not in the study.
C) The researcher has described the projected significance of the study to nursing.
D) The researcher has documented all phases of the research process.

Answer 3

The researcher has documented all phases of the research process.

Question 4

An investigator reporting a qualitative study indicates that each participant was given a pseudonym.What criterion is being met by this?

A) Credibility
B) Data analysis
C) Confidentiality
D) Fittingness of findings

Question 5

How can qualitative research contribute to the development of structured research instruments such as surveys?

A) A qualitative study can take the place of a survey, reducing the need for research instruments.
B) The numeric data that result from a qualitative study will guide instrument development.
C) A preliminary study can help the researcher ground the survey questions in the reality of human experience.
D) Only quantitative research can contribute to the development of structured research instruments.

Question 6

What is meant when a qualitative researcher indicates that the process of research used was "NVivo"?

A) The study blended qualitative and quantitative approaches.
B) All research processes were performed simultaneously.
C) More than one researcher was responsible for data collection.
D) A computer program was used to categorize data.

Question 7

Participants in qualitative studies may contribute to the design of the study in

A) qualitative research.
B) ethnographic studies.
C) grounded theory studies.
D) phenomenological studies.

Question 8

Why are themes important results for a qualitative study?

A) They reflect the congruence between the questions asked and the method of study used.
B) They allow description of a large quantity of data in a condensed format.
C) They demonstrate both emic and etic views of a topic.
D) They explain the nature of the differences reported by participants experiencing a similar phenomenon.

Question 9

Review the abstract provided below before responding to the question. Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Although research interest in women's health is growing,much of the literature does not sufficiently describe the importance of geography and gender for the health of women.This qualitative study explored factors in the northern Canadian context that influence women's health by interviewing 25 women in northern Canada.
RESULTS
Findings reveal that the importance of the northern context for women's health can be attributed to the north's historical location and its physical,sociocultural,and political environments.The northern context contributes to the marginalization of northern women that is characterized by isolation,limited options,limited power,and being silenced.
Which theoretical or philosophical perspective that is central to Canadian nursing and primary health care is most likely to have served as the foundation of the study presented in the abstract?

A) Health promotion
B) Gender equity
C) Social determinants of health
D) Privatization

Question 10

What does the inclusion of study themes represent in the presentation of a qualitative research study?

A) The actual written report
B) The operational definition of the study's conceptual framework
C) The labelling of similar ideas shared by the study participants
D) The relationship between the hypotheses and the research questions

Question 11

What is the formal term for rigour in qualitative research?

A) Identifying metaphors from data
B) Describing the etic view of data
C) Bracketing
D) Trustworthiness

Question 12

What determines whether the results of a qualitative study can or should be applied beyond the study population?

A) The level of significance of the study findings
B) The credentials and experience of the person applying the findings
C) The characteristics of the population to whom the findings will be applied
D) The length of time between the reporting of the findings and their application to another population

Question 13

Rigour in qualitative studies is measured by its

A) data audit.
B) fittingness.
C) trustworthiness.
D) statistical analysis.

Question 14

What process should you,as a nurse,engage in before attempting to apply the results of a qualitative study in your own practice?

A) Use of triangulation to compare the study findings with those obtained by other investigations of the same phenomenon
B) Validation of the findings through interaction with people similar to study participants
C) Examination of the credentials of the person who conducted the study
D) Replication of the study

Question 15

Which of the following processes should you avoid when evaluating qualitative research?

A) Reading the research report to identify participants' emic views and ideas
B) Performing a power analysis to determine the adequacy of sample size
C) Determining whether the author's conclusions reflect the study findings
D) Identifying the purpose of the research

Question 16

What characteristic of the data analysis confirmed that Leipert and Reutter used grounded theory in their study entitled,"Women's Health in Northern British Columbia: The Role of Geography and Gender"?

A) They developed a cultural inventory.
B) They performed thematic analysis of the women's lived experience.
C) They applied the constant comparative method.
D) They facilitated the development of an action plan.

Question 17

Which of the following titles is appropriate for a qualitative study?

A) Exploring the Relationship Between Age of Teen and Degree of Maternal Bonding
B) Evaluating Decision-Making Coaching Intervention in Cancer Treatment
C) Using Virtual Reality as a Distraction Method During Chemotherapy
D) Understanding Tradition of Fetal Genital Mutilation

Question 18

The appropriate method for program evaluation includes a

A) case study.
B) historical approach.
C) naturalistic approach.
D) ethnographic approach.

Question 19

In the context of qualitative outcome analysis,which of the following outcomes or overall purposes is appropriate for a qualitative study?

A) Creating solutions to practical problems
B) Teaching members of a specific subculture how to control anger
C) Assisting patients to participate more in health care decisions
D) Preparing high school students so that their anxiety during tests is reduced