Author Question: What similarities exist between grounded theory and ethnographic studies? (Select all that apply.) ... (Read 61 times)

Mr3Hunna · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

What similarities exist between grounded theory and ethnographic studies? (Select all that apply.)

a. Participants are observed in natural settings.
b. Researchers immerse themselves in the culture of study participants.
c. Researchers bracket their personal opinions and biases during the study.
d. Data gathering and data analysis occur simultaneously.
e. Techniques for data collection can change as the study progresses.

Question 2

A nurse researcher is critiquing a research report of a phenomenologic study that examined the lived experience of domestic violence. The nurse should recognize which elements as consistent with a phenomenologic research report?

? (Select all that apply.)
a. Open-ended questions were used to ask participants to describe experiences with domestic violence.
b. Data about domestic violence reported by participants are presented in the form of narrative text.
c. The natural setting in which fieldwork was conducted is described in detail.
d. The data analysis section discusses use of a statistical software package.
e. The sampling section indicates the criteria for participation included a current unstable domestic relationship.

hugthug12 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, C, D, E

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Correct In both methods, researchers encounter participants in natural settings.
In both methods, researchers set aside or bracket their personal biases.
In both methods, data gathering and data analysis occur simultaneously.
In both methods, researchers use a variety of data collection methods as studies progress.
Incorrect Immersion into the culture of participants is consistent only with ethnography.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A, B

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Correct Open-ended questions are used in phenomenologic studies to encourage participants to describe their experiences in their own words.
Phenomenologic studies present data in the form of narrative text.
Incorrect Fieldwork is more commonly associated with ethnographic research.
Statistical analysis is conducted in quantitative research.
Participants would not be required to be in a violent domestic relationship at the present time. Phenomenologists believe that past experiences can also be shared in the present moment.