NURS 350 Final Exam Questions and Answers Quantitative Methodology Part I
The Naturalistic Paradigm: Ontological Assumptions - Correct
Answers ✅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 -
Correct Answers ✅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 1 / 4
NURS 350 Final Exam Questions and Answers Epistemology in research is concerned with knowledge - that is how do we obtain knowledge, and what knowledge do we value as being credible Ontology - Correct Answers ✅Multiple realities Subjectivism Truth, or meaning, comes into existence in and out of our engagement with realities in our world Epistemology - Correct Answers ✅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 -
Correct Answers ✅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) 2 / 4
NURS 350 Final Exam Questions and Answers Analysis and interpretation are inevitably coloured by the researcher's own subjectivity Qualitative Research - Correct Answers ✅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 Honours participants' local meanings A process that turns the world into multiple representations Why Choose a Qualitative Research Design? - Correct Answers ✅Nature of the research question Topic needs to be explored 3 / 4
NURS 350 Final Exam Questions and Answers 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 - Correct Answers ✅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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