FNR 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nun Study, Confounding, Ebola Virus Disease
21 Oct 2016
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Prior to knowing he wanted to study nuns, he has an experience or memory of the nuns. Research is personal: true in interpretivist paradigm, not distancing himself from the research. Nun study begins with a very personalized context. All research originates from some view of reality. Thought to be a good boy by the sisters. Deferential and respectful of their way of life. Taught to respect to work of the school sisters of notre dame. Most qualitative researchers will have a positioning paragraph. Goi(cid:374)g to look at alzhei(cid:373)e(cid:396)"s i(cid:374) his (cid:396)esea(cid:396)(cid:272)h g(cid:396)oup. Ultimate goal to help people live longer and better lives. Epidemiology: the study of the incidence and distribution of diseases in large populations and the conditions influencing the spread and severity of disease. Prevalence: amount of people with a disease in the population. Incidence: the number of new cases, time specific. Epidemiologists: may examine and identify the source for a specific outbreak of a particular disease.
