NUR 80A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Visual Analogue Scale, Likert Scale, Grand Tour

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Nursing
• Course: NUR 80A/B
• Professor: Susan Bishop

Document Summary

Part 1: data collection methods (quantitative and qualitative) Loiselle et al. (2011), chapters 13, 14, pp. Completely unstructured interviews: used when researchers have no preconceived view of the content or flow of infomration to be gathered. Grand tour question: resesarchers begin with this type of broad question. E. g. , what happened when you first learned you had aids? . Semistructured/focused interviews: rely on a list of topics or braod questions that must be addressed in an interview. Topic guide/interview guide: a written guide to ensure that all question areas are covered. Focus group interviews: interviews with groups of about 5 - 10 people whose opinions and expperiences are solicitied simultaneously. Life histories - narrative self-disclosures about individual life experiences. Think aloud method - qualitative method that has been used to collect data about cognitive processes (e. g. , thinking, problem-solving, deciison making). Diaries: a source of data in historical research.