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genevieve1028 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The main reason for not including qualitative studies in reviews for evidence-based practice is:

a. that it is difficult to evaluate qualitative studies.
b. that many topics do not have qualitative studies available.
c. the lack of rigor in qualitative research.
d. that there are not enough qualitative researchers.

Question 2

Ethnographic research focuses on:

a. gathering data about lived experiences of individuals.
b. trying to understand cultures from an emic perspective.
c. the use of etic perspectives in studying individual human behavior.
d. the use of techniques of bracketing and intuiting.

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

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
The main reason for the exclusion of qualitative studies in the review of literature for evidence-based practice is that the criteria for judging the quality of such studies are not well documented.
This is a true statement, but not the reason for lack of inclusion of all qualitative studies. The main reason for the exclusion of qualitative studies in the review of literature for evidence-based practice is that the criteria for judging the quality of such studies are not well documented.
There is rigor in qualitative studies; it is just different from quantitative ones. The main reason for the exclusion of qualitative studies in the review of literature for evidence-based practice is that the criteria for judging the quality of such studies are not well documented.
Although this may be true depending on one's opinion, it is not the reason that qualitative studies are not included. The main reason for the exclusion of qualitative studies in the review of literature for evidence-based practice is that the criteria for judging the quality of such studies are not well documented.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
The emic approach involves studying behaviors from within a culture.
Phenomenological research attempts to capture the lived experience of study participants. The emic approach involves studying behaviors from within a culture.
The etic perspective studies behaviors from outside the culture and examines similarities and differences across cultures. (The emic approach involves studying behaviors from within a culture.) The ethnographic approach looks at groups, not individual behaviors.
Bracketing and intuiting are techniques used rather than the focus of a study. The emic approach involves studying behaviors from within a culture.