NURS 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Grounded Theory, Ethnography, Testability
231 module 3
Midterm
50 multiple choice and short answers on a case or scenario (pick 2 out of 3) answers
are going to be very short for the short answers.
Midterm is from beginning until what we covered today
Terms:
• Research problem: a perplexing or troubling condition. Statement of
purpose- summary of an overall goal.
• Problem statement: statement articulating the research problem and making
an argument to conduct a new study
• Statement of purpose: summary of an overall goal
• Research questions; the specific question researchers want to answer in
addressing a research problem. Guide the types of data to be collected in the
study.
• Hypothesis-researchers who make predictions regarding the answers to
research questions pose hypotheses that are tested empirically.
*Hypothesis are normally only in quantitative studies not qualitative.
Quantitative studies: positivist thinking
Qualitative; Constructivists thinking
A study is normally done to lessen a knowledge gap
Problem statement should have citations, scope, knowledge gap, and consequences,
D)DN’T F)N)S( T()S
Statement of purpose: quantitative studies
• Identifies key study variables
• Identifies possible relationships among variables
• Indicated the population of interest
• Suggests trough use of verbs, the nature of the inquiry eg to tes…to
compare…, to evaluate)
• PICO questions
Statement of purpose: qualitative studies
• Identifies the central phenomenon
• Suggests the research tradition (ex. grounded theory, ethnography)
• Indicate the group, community, or setting of interest
• Suggests, through use of verbs, the nature of the inquiry (ex. to describe, to
discover or to explore etc.)
Research questions are the mirror of the purpose they are very similar!
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Document Summary
50 multiple choice and short answers on a case or scenario (pick 2 out of 3) answers are going to be very short for the short answers. Midterm is from beginning until what we covered today. Terms: research problem: a perplexing or troubling condition. Guide the types of data to be collected in the study: hypothesis-researchers who make predictions regarding the answers to research questions pose hypotheses that are tested empirically. *hypothesis are normally only in quantitative studies not qualitative. A study is normally done to lessen a knowledge gap. Problem statement should have citations, scope, knowledge gap, and consequences, D)dn"t f)n)s( t()s: suggests trough use of verbs, the nature of the inquiry (cid:523)eg to tes to compare , to evaluate) Indicated the population of interest: pico questions. Identifies the central phenomenon: suggests the research tradition (ex. grounded theory, ethnography, suggests, through use of verbs, the nature of the inquiry (ex. to describe, to.
