Author Question: What is exploratory-descriptive qualitative research? (Select all that apply.) a. Research that ... (Read 186 times)

Wadzanai · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

What is exploratory-descriptive qualitative research? (Select all that apply.)

a. Research that is clearly qualitative but that does not espouse any distinct methodology
b. Quantitative research that contains descriptions
c. Research that contains elements of at least two other types of qualitative research
d. Mixed methods research
e. A non-method

Question 2

Which of the following are the general purposes of phenomenological research? (Select all that apply.)

a. To generate theory
b. To describe the lived experience
c. To observe and document interactions within an existent culture
d. To determine the meaning that an experience has for the individual
e. To describe the single reality expressed by a group of participants

tashiedavis420 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, E
Qualitative nurse researchers have conducted studies with the purpose of exploring and describing a topic of interest but, at times, have not identified a specific qualitative methodology. Qualitative descriptive research is a legitimate method of research that may be the appropriate label for studies that have no clearly specified method or when the method was specified but ended with a comprehensive summary of an event in the everyday terms of these events. Labeling a study as a specific type (grounded theory, phenomenology, or ethnographic) implies fixed categories of research with distinct boundaries, but the boundaries between methods are more appropriately viewed as permeable. Although the studies result in descriptions and could be labeled as descriptive qualitative studies, most of the researchers are in the exploratory stage of studying the subject of interest.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B, D
The purpose of phenomenological research is to describe experiences (or phenomena) as they are livedin phenomenological terms, to capture the lived experience of study participants. During the process of data collection, the meaning the participants attach to their experience is revealed. All phenomenologists agree that there is not a single reality: each individual has his or her own reality. While phenomenology can be used indirectly in the development of a theory, grounded theory is the method intended to generate theory. Observing and documenting interactions within a culture describes ethnographic research.