Research Designs
True or False: Critical theory is considered a research method?
False
__________ is a sampling method where the initial participants are asked to recruit additional participants from their own social networks
Snowball
True or false: Triangulation is conducted when data is checked against one source?
False: By using several methods, and leading to the same data, credibility is enhanced.
_______ studies present data through statistical analyses.
Quantitative
The term for: potential risks of the study outweighed by the potential good that can come out of this study?
What is Cost benefit ratio?
What is the qualitative method that examines the experience of one or two individuals with the same diagnosis or situation?
What is a case study?
True or False:
In qualitative studies, individuals who have the potential to share insights into a particular concept or experience are selected to participate.
True
How do researchers perform member checking?
Member checking involves questioning participants regularly and frequently to ensure reporter accuracy.
This research method does not prioritize large sample sizes as a way to strength data.
Qualitative
The term for: Participants should always have the option of choosing not to answer certain questions or to discontinue participation in the study.
What is privacy or confidentiality?
This type of research design describes a group of people, their behaviors, and/or their culture
Ethnographic
True or False:
It is important that individuals in qualitative studies are divided into groups using randomization.
False
What is set aside when using reflexivity to increase credibility?
Personal bias
This research method offers objective conclusions.
Quantitative
What is inclusion of all data?
This type of research design aims to discover the meaning of lived experiences, and to understand the meaning of events and interactions.
Phenomenological
True or False: Qualitative studies require more than 15 participants.
False: Participants can be anywhere from 1-15ish
Creating an _______ helps to establish creditability by providing detailed description of the research process?
What is an Audit Trail
This research method utilizes interviews and focus groups to gather data.
Qualitative
The part of the thematic analysis process in which the researchers identify common terms and phrases.
What is reading and naming ideas?
The purpose of this research design is to generate theory/ideas about a subject from the data collected.
Grounded Theory
Name the sampling method: ________
The participants included in the study and the settings in which qualitative research takes place are selected for a purpose or a specific reason
Purposive
The creditability term for receiving input from someone familiar with the subject and the methodology to make sure your write-up makes sense.
What is Feedback?
Open-ended questions are utilized to gather information through this research method.
Qualitative
A part of the thematic analysis process in which the researcher discovers common ideas/topics to present as results of the study.
What is developing themes?