1 Chapter 14 Qualitative Designs and Approaches Test Yourself!

2 Test Your Knowledge: Qualitative Approach Research situations for five fictitious studies will be described. For each, indicate which qualitative tradition likely would be used: −A (Ethnography) −B (Phenomenology) −C (Grounded theory) Please answer A, B, or C for each question.

3 1. Smith studied the experience of learning of a parent’s cancer diagnosis, from the perspective of adolescents aged 15 to 18. −A (Ethnography) −B (Phenomenology) −C (Grounded theory) Test Your Knowledge: Qualitative Approach

4 2. Petrik studied end-of-life caregiving for elders living on a Hopi reservation in Arizona. −A (Ethnography) −B (Phenomenology) −C (Grounded theory) Test Your Knowledge: Qualitative Approach

5 3. Federle studied the meaning of the respite experience of family caregivers of patients with dementia. −A (Ethnography) −B (Phenomenology) −C (Grounded theory) Test Your Knowledge: Qualitative Approach

6 4. Viator explored how pregnant women managed the process of deciding on and implementing a home birth. −A (Ethnography) −B (Phenomenology) −C (Grounded theory) Test Your Knowledge: Qualitative Approach

7 5. Panara’s study focused on reciprocal care-seeking and caregiving behavior among patients within the culture of an in-patient mental health care facility. −A (Ethnography) −B (Phenomenology) −C (Grounded theory) Test Your Knowledge: Qualitative Approach

8 1. Smith studied the experience of learning of a parent’s cancer diagnosis, from the perspective of adolescents aged 15 to 18. −ANSWER: B (Phenomenology) −Smith’s study focuses on a lived experience that would likely be explored using a descriptive phenomenological approach. Test Your Knowledge: Qualitative Approach

9 2. Petrik studied end-of-life caregiving for elders living on a Hopi reservation in Arizona. − ANSWER: A (Ethnography) − Petrik’s study focuses on how members of a particular American subculture provide end-of-life care. Test Your Knowledge: Qualitative Approach

10 3. Federle studied the meaning of the respite experience of family caregivers of patients with dementia. −ANSWER: B (Phenomenology) −Federle likely used an interpretive phenomenological approach to study what respite meant to caregivers who care for a family member with dementia. Test Your Knowledge: Qualitative Approach

11 4. Viator explored how pregnant women managed the process of deciding on and implementing a home birth. −ANSWER: C (Grounded theory) −Viator’s study focuses on the process of decision making and following through on a decision and would most likely use grounded theory methods. Test Your Knowledge: Qualitative Approach

12 5. Panara’s study focused on reciprocal care- seeking and caregiving behavior among patients within the culture of an in-patient mental health care facility. −ANSWER: A (Ethnography) −Panara undertook a focused ethnography of the cultural norms and behaviors of patients in residence at a mental health care facility. Test Your Knowledge: Qualitative Approach

13 So the answers are: –B A B C A How many got all five right? Congratulations!!! Test Your Knowledge: Qualitative Approach