NUR 80A/B Lecture 2: NUR80 W2 Readings
28 Apr 2016
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Chapter 2: key concepts in qualitative and quantitative research. Study: addressing a problem or answering a question through a systematic investigation. Respondents: participants who provide information by answering questions. Construct: mental representation of some phenomenon; abstractions that are deliberately and systematically invented by researchers for a specific purpose; more operational than concept. Theory: systemic, abstract explanation of some aspect of reality; concepts are knitted together into a system ot explain some aspect of the world. Qualitative: conceptual view and is the product of research. Independent and dependent variables designate the direction of influence. Conceptual definition: abstract, theoretical meaning of a concept being studied, spirituality, qualitative. Operational definition: specifies the operations that researchers must perform to collect the required information on a particular concept, should be in line with conceptual definitions, quantitative, weight, fine and easy to measure. Data: quant: numeric information, qual; narrative. Relationships: bond or connection between two or more phenomena.
