This type of research studies the structures, processes, relationships and events that shape our lives in physical, biological and social worlds.
What is qualitative research?
100
Using this paradigm, public health researchers identify the true causes of illness (and health) and evaluate the most effective interventions.
What is Positivism?
100
This qualitative methodology looks for the meaning, structure and essence of the lived experience.
What is Phenomenology?
100
This type of interview employs a template or guide of general topics for questioning but allow respondents to answer open ended questions in as much or little depth as they wish.
What is semi-structured interview?
100
A sample in which participants are selected “purposefully” in order to include a pre-determined range.
What is purposive sampling?
200
This branch of philosophy explores how we come to know what we know; and how knowledge is generated and deemed to be valid.
What is epistemology
200
Using this paradigm, public health researchers seek to understand how what people do relates to how they make sense of the world around them.
What is Interpretativism?
200
This methodology is meant to build theory using constant comparison method.
What is Grounded theory?
200
This analytical step serves as a means of organizing and labelling data according to identified themes and concepts.
What is coding/ indexing?
200
Many students forget to state this clearly in the beginning section of their papers.
What is purpose or what are research questions?
300
This branch of philosophy explores: What is true/real/knowable?
What is ontology?
300
Using this paradigm, public health researchers reveal how power structures create health inequities.
What is Critical paradigm?
300
Body Mapping has its roots in this health discipline.
What is Art therapy?
300
This approach to data involves gathering data from more than one type of source in order to enhance reliability.
What is triangulation?
300
No new information should appear in this section of your final paper.
What is conclusion?
400
These three broad Qualitative Research Paradigms reflect different ontological and epistemological perspectives.
What are Positivism, Interpretivism and Critical paradigms?
400
Three criteria of how value is treated in positivist paradigm.
What are Value-free, neutral, objective?
400
This methodology makes sense of the world through stories and asks participants to tell their stories.
What is narrative?
400
This point in data collection refers to when the researcher perceives that no new information is being generated.
What is Saturation?
400
In qualitative work, it refers to issues such as accuracy of reporting, consistency of coding and thoroughness of analysis.
What is reliability?
500
Qualitative researchers seek to answer questions about the ------, --------, or --------- of a phenomenon, rather than questions about ‘how many’ or ‘how much’.
What are: what, how and why?
500
Researchers using the interpretivist paradigm are value ---------- but critical paradigm researchers are value ----------.
What are "value laden" and "value driven"?
500
Phenomenological approach addresses the “--------“ of phenomena.
What are essences?
500
This process enables the researcher to consider her or his position, values and assumptions and how these impact the research enterprise.
What is reflexivity?
500
This concept is often preferred to generalizability in qualitative research as it refers to the extension of conceptual rather than empirical findings to other settings.