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segrsyd

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Critiquing a framework that includes both a conceptual model and a theory is:
 
  a. complex because definitions are required for both constructs and concepts.
  b. made easier because both are interwoven within the study.
  c. not likely to happen because the situation never occurs in nursing research.
  d. something only an advanced researcher should attempt.

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true regarding the connection of theory to qualitative research? Qualitative research:
 
  a. can guide or be derived from theory.
  b. cannot generate grand theories due to lack of statistics.
  c. is based on middle range theories.
  d. leads only to practice model and conceptual frameworks.



amy.lauersdorf90

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Critiquing a framework that includes both a conceptual model and a theory is more complex than critiquing a framework based only on a theory.
Critiquing a framework that includes both a conceptual model and a theory is more complex than critiquing a framework based only on a theory.
Frameworks including both a conceptual model and a theory are not common, but do occur. Critiquing a framework that includes both a conceptual model and a theory is more complex than critiquing a framework based only on a theory.
Any researcher might have the need to critique a study with both a conceptual model and a theory. Critiquing a framework that includes both a conceptual model and a theory is more complex than critiquing a framework based only on a theory.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Theory can guide or be derived from qualitative research.
Oftentimes qualitative research, as an outcome, generates theory at all levels of usefulness.
Most qualitative research is done when little knowledge is known about a particular phenomenon. Middle range theories are derived after much is known about a phenomenon, when working theories can be generated that can affect practice.
Qualitative research can lead to more than practice model and conceptual frameworks. Theory can guide or be derived from qualitative research.



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