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NURS 350 Final Exam Questions And
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Quantitative Methodology Part I -
The Naturalistic Paradigm: Ontological Assumptions - answer✔There is a real world
The real world is experienced and apprehended subjectively and individually
Reality may therefore appear different or have different attributes as perceived by individuals
Ontology in research is concerned with what actually exists in the world about which humans
can acquire knowledge
The Naturalistic Paradigm: Epistemological Assumptions - answer✔Reality can only be known as
the holistic composite of individual experiences
Reality is:
- Contextually based (based on our setting and context)
- Subjective (based on individual experience)•
- Intersubjective (co-created through group experience)
Truth is relative rather than absolute
Epistemology in research is concerned with knowledge - that is how do we obtain knowledge,
and what knowledge do we value as being credible
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Ontology - answer✔Multiple realities
Subjectivism
Truth, or meaning, comes into existence in and out of our engagement with realities in our
world
Epistemology - answer✔Knowledge, and therefore all meaningful reality as such, is contingent
upon human practices, being constructed in and out of interaction between human beings and
their world, and developed and transmitted within an essentially social context
The Naturalistic Paradigm: Methodological Assumptions - answer✔Strict adherence to
'scientific method' is itself limiting and biased, therefore 'objectivity' and 'control' are
essentially meaningless
Phenomena are best understood holistically (role of the body, mind, social context and
interaction)
Analysis and interpretation are inevitably coloured by the researcher's own subjectivity
Qualitative Research - answer✔A form of inquiry
Attempts to make sense of the world, to interpret phenomena and experiences of living in the
world
The researcher is in the natural setting/shapes the research -> naturalistic
The researcher is the research instrument
Rich and holistic
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Honours participants' local meanings
A process that turns the world into multiple representations
Why Choose a Qualitative Research Design? - answer✔Nature of the research question
Topic needs to be explored
Topic needs in-depth description
Tell the story from the person's perspective
See and hear what people do
To study context that sparks curiosity
Preference of the researcher
Explain, illuminate or reinterpret quantitative data
Characteristics of Qualitative Research Design - answer✔Flexible and capable of adjusting
based on ongoing data collection
Often involves merging together various data collection strategies
(triangulation)
Tends to be holistic, striving for an understanding of the whole
Requires researchers to become involved over long time
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Ongoing data analysis to guide subsequent data collection
Activities in Qualitative Study - answer✔Planning the study
Developing the data collection strategies
Gathering and analyzing data
Disseminating findings
Methodology and Methods - answer✔Methodology ≠ Methods
Methodology: Theoretical principles guiding the research
Methods: Actual research tools
Qualitative Research Methodologies - answer✔Ethnography
Phenomenology
Grounded Theory
Interpretive Description
Qualitative Description
Indigenous Research Methodologies
Historical Research
Case Studies
Narrative Analysis
Critical Theory
Feminist Research
Participatory Action Research
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NURS 350 Final Exam Questions And
Answers (Guaranteed A+)
Quantitative Methodology Part I -
The Naturalistic Paradigm: Ontological Assumptions - answer✔There is a real world
The real world is experienced and apprehended subjectively and individually
Reality may therefore appear different or have different attributes as perceived by individuals
Ontology in research is concerned with what actually exists in the world about which humans
can acquire knowledge
The Naturalistic Paradigm: Epistemological Assumptions - answer✔Reality can only be known as
the holistic composite of individual experiences
Reality is:
- Contextually based (based on our setting and context)
- Subjective (based on individual experience)•
- Intersubjective (co-created through group experience)
Truth is relative rather than absolute
Epistemology in research is concerned with knowledge - that is how do we obtain knowledge,
and what knowledge do we value as being credible
1|Page
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Ontology - answer✔Multiple realities
Subjectivism
Truth, or meaning, comes into existence in and out of our engagement with realities in our
world
Epistemology - answer✔Knowledge, and therefore all meaningful reality as such, is contingent
upon human practices, being constructed in and out of interaction between human beings and
their world, and developed and transmitted within an essentially social context
The Naturalistic Paradigm: Methodological Assumptions - answer✔Strict adherence to
'scientific method' is itself limiting and biased, therefore 'objectivity' and 'control' are
essentially meaningless
Phenomena are best understood holistically (role of the body, mind, social context and
interaction)
Analysis and interpretation are inevitably coloured by the researcher's own subjectivity
Qualitative Research - answer✔A form of inquiry
Attempts to make sense of the world, to interpret phenomena and experiences of living in the
world
The researcher is in the natural setting/shapes the research -> naturalistic
The researcher is the research instrument
Rich and holistic
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Honours participants' local meanings
A process that turns the world into multiple representations
Why Choose a Qualitative Research Design? - answer✔Nature of the research question
Topic needs to be explored
Topic needs in-depth description
Tell the story from the person's perspective
See and hear what people do
To study context that sparks curiosity
Preference of the researcher
Explain, illuminate or reinterpret quantitative data
Characteristics of Qualitative Research Design - answer✔Flexible and capable of adjusting
based on ongoing data collection
Often involves merging together various data collection strategies
(triangulation)
Tends to be holistic, striving for an understanding of the whole
Requires researchers to become involved over long time
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Ongoing data analysis to guide subsequent data collection
Activities in Qualitative Study - answer✔Planning the study
Developing the data collection strategies
Gathering and analyzing data
Disseminating findings
Methodology and Methods - answer✔Methodology ≠ Methods
Methodology: Theoretical principles guiding the research
Methods: Actual research tools
Qualitative Research Methodologies - answer✔Ethnography
Phenomenology
Grounded Theory
Interpretive Description
Qualitative Description
Indigenous Research Methodologies
Historical Research
Case Studies
Narrative Analysis
Critical Theory
Feminist Research
Participatory Action Research
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