Question 1

What does trustworthiness entail?

Accepted Answer

Trustworthiness in research involves convincing an audience that the study findings are credible and valuable, ensuring that the research is conducted and reported in a way that the results are reliable and valid.

Question 2

When evaluating qualitative research studies, which aspects of trustworthiness should be addressed?

Accepted Answer

Trustworthiness in qualitative research is evaluated through criteria such as truth value (credibility), applicability (transferability), consistency (dependability), and neutrality (confirmability), which correspond to the traditional quantitative measures of validity and reliability but are adapted to the nature of qualitative inquiry.

Question 3

The extent to which the results and interpretations in a qualitative study reflect the participant's meanings and experiences is indicative of what?

Accepted Answer

Truth value in qualitative research refers to the accuracy with which the study reflects the participants' perspectives, experiences, or situations. It is about the credibility and authenticity of the findings in representing the participants' realities.

Question 4

A researcher conducting a qualitative study strives for her study findings to be based on the participants' meanings and experiences, and not merely a function of her personal motivations and perspectives. What is the researcher striving for in this study?

Accepted Answer

The researcher is striving for neutrality, which involves ensuring that the findings are based on participants' meanings and experiences rather than the researcher's biases or perspectives.

Question 5

What is applicability?

Accepted Answer

Applicability refers to the degree to which the findings from one study can be applied to other situations, contexts, or participants. It is often discussed in terms of the trustworthiness of qualitative research, indicating how useful or relevant the research findings are outside of the specific study context.

Question 6

An aspect of trustworthiness that refers to the dependability of a qualitative study is known as what?

Accepted Answer

Consistency in qualitative research refers to the dependability or reliability of the study over time, under similar circumstances. It is about whether the study's findings would be consistently repeated if the inquiry were replicated with the same or similar participants in a similar context.

Question 7

Which of the following represents an audit trail?

Accepted Answer

An audit trail involves maintaining detailed records of the research process to allow for a comprehensive review by someone external to the research team. This ensures transparency and accountability in the research process, as described in option A.

Question 8

Which strategy to enhance trustworthiness, rigour, and validation is used in the following scenario?
A colleague engages with a researcher and essentially pushes the researcher to critically reflect on study findings in a way that perhaps the researchers have not yet considered.

Accepted Answer

This scenario describes peer debriefing, where a colleague (the peer) engages with a researcher to challenge their findings and assumptions, encouraging critical reflection and thus enhancing the study's credibility and trustworthiness.

Question 9

Which strategy to enhance trustworthiness, rigour, and validation is used in the following scenario?
A researcher generates data from eight one-on-one semi-structured interviews with new healthcare practitioners to explore their self-care practices as they transition into full-time positions in the healthcare field. After transcribing each interview the researcher sends each participant her/his respective transcript for review.

Accepted Answer

Member checking is a technique used in qualitative research to enhance the validity of the research. By sending interview transcripts back to participants for their review, the researcher allows them to confirm or correct the captured information, ensuring the data accurately reflects their views and experiences.

Question 10

What does purposeful sampling in qualitative research studies include?

Accepted Answer

Purposeful sampling in qualitative research involves intentionally selecting individuals or cases that are information-rich with respect to the phenomena of interest, allowing for in-depth understanding or insights.

Question 11

Researcher reflexivity consists of two parts. The first part entails reflecting on one's own experiences with the phenomenon/sample being studied. What is the second part of researcher reflexivity?

Accepted Answer

The second part of researcher reflexivity involves considering how one's personal experiences, biases, and perspectives shape the research process, including the formulation of research questions, the approach to data collection, and the interpretation of data.

Question 12

Which strategy to enhance trustworthiness, rigour, and validation is highlighted when a researcher notes "A qualitative approach including interviews, observations, and meeting minutes were used in the data collection"?

Accepted Answer

Triangulation involves using multiple methods or data sources in research to enhance the credibility of the findings. By employing interviews, observations, and meeting minutes, the researcher is using triangulation to strengthen the study's trustworthiness and validation.

Question 13

Which strategy to enhance trustworthiness, rigour, and validation in qualitative studies can serve multiple purposes including helping participants feel more natural in the presence of a researcher?

Accepted Answer

Prolonged engagement involves spending extended time in the field or with participants, which helps in building trust, understanding the context deeply, and checking for misinformation, thus making participants feel more natural in the presence of a researcher.

Question 14

Which strategy to enhance trustworthiness, rigour, and validation in qualitative studies entails spending an extended amount of time with participants "in the field"?

Accepted Answer

Prolonged engagement involves spending extended time with participants in their natural setting to gain a deeper understanding and to enhance the credibility of the research findings.

Question 15

What type of descriptions should researchers strive for both when the data are generated and when study findings are presented to contribute to the trustworthiness, rigour, and validation of a qualitative study?

Accepted Answer

Rich, thick descriptions in qualitative research provide detailed, nuanced insights into the phenomena being studied. This depth of description helps others understand the context, processes, and experiences under investigation, contributing to the study's trustworthiness, rigour, and validation by allowing readers to see how the researchers arrived at their conclusions and to assess the applicability of the findings to other contexts.

Question 16

Janice Morse proposed the principle of methodological coherence as an indicator of quality research that does which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Methodological coherence, as proposed by Janice Morse, emphasizes the importance of alignment among various components of research, including philosophical assumptions, research questions, study design, data generation, data analysis, and interpretation, to ensure the quality of the research.

Question 17

Who is credited with developing the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ)?

Accepted Answer

Tong, Sainsbury, and Craig (2007) are credited with developing the COREQ (Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research) to standardize and improve the reporting of qualitative research.

Question 18

Which of the following is not a criteria/category in the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ)?

Accepted Answer

COREQ focuses on the specifics of qualitative research, such as the research team, study design, and analysis, but does not directly address internal and external validity, which are more commonly associated with quantitative research criteria.

Question 19

Which of the following statements correctly describes characterizing traits?

Accepted Answer

Characterizing traits are considered fluid and dynamic because they can evolve over time and vary across different situations, reflecting the complexity and adaptability of personality or characteristics.

Question 20

When evaluating research studies, what is the base or foundation from which all evaluation should stem?

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