Which description is typical of a qualitative research study? ...

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Which description is typical of a qualitative research study?
 
  a. Deductive reasoning is used.
  b. Truth is a subject's perception of reality.
  c. Sample size is determined before the study begins.
  d. One or more variables are measured in a context-free setting.

Question 2

How does the nurse researcher know when data saturation has been reached?
 
  a. When the participants all agree on the themes derived from the study
  b. When the ideas or information coming from new participants have been expressed previously by other participants
  c. When the emerging themes are congruent with those developed as a result of previous studies of the same phenomenon
  d. When the participants are no longer interested or willing to discuss their experiences or feelings

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B

Feedback
A Deductive reasoning is typical of quantitative studies.
B Qualitative studies attempt to interpret phenomena in terms of the meaning people bring to them. Thus truth is the subject's perception/expression of reality.
C Sample size is predetermined in quantitative studies.
D Measurement is characteristic of quantitative studies.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B

Feedback
A Participant agreement on themes is not an influence on data saturation.
B Data saturation occurs when the researcher recognizes that he or she has heard themes before in multiple prior interviews.
C Phenomenologists do not use previous studies to determine data saturation because each new group of participants has its own unique set of subjective experiences compared with past groups in similar studies.
D Lack of interest of participants does not indicate data saturation.

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