NURS 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Lyme Disease, Grounded Theory, Emic And Etic
231- Qualitative research design
helps you understand an experience or phenomenon
its emergent – needs to change as the study goes on.
Different qualitative research designs
• Participatory action
• Ethnography
• Case studies
• Grounded theory
• Phenomenology
Phenomenology
• Focuses on lived experiences of humans
• Foundations of philosophy
• Ex. what is the meaning of aging for elders living in rural community in nova
scotia
• Bracketing: the prodcess of identifying and holding in abeance
• Intuiting:
• Analyzing: extracting significant statemenst
• Describing: defining the phenomenon
Grounded theory
• Looks at basic social processes
• Ex. what is the survival process of women leaving abusive relationships
• Establishment of theory that is grounded in the experiences of the participants
• What it says what is the process or social process it is a grounded theory. Ex.
process of parents managing their infants cystic fibrosis.
Case studies
• Investigates a contemporary phenomenon or case over time to provide in depth
description of essential elemenst and processes of that case
• You can gather information by interviewing people
• Ex. how is climate change impacting the Lyme disease ex I. scapularis in NS and
Ontario?
• Usually mixed methods; ex. interviews, surveys can be qualitative and
quantitative
Ethnography
• Study of different cultures, understanding world view and customs of those under
the study
• Participant observation is done in this. Looks at the bigger picture and see things
that the participants don’t see that is happening in the bigger culture.
• Emic- insider view
• Etic- outsider view
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Document Summary
231- qualitative research design helps you understand an experience or phenomenon its emergent needs to change as the study goes on. Different qualitative research designs: participatory action, ethnography, case studies, grounded theory, phenomenology. Phenomenology: focuses on lived experiences of humans, foundations of philosophy, ex. what is the meaning of aging for elders living in rural community in nova scotia. Intuiting: bracketing: the prodcess of identifying and holding in abeance, analyzing: extracting significant statemenst, describing: defining the phenomenon. Ex. process of parents managing their infants cystic fibrosis. Ontario: usually mixed methods; ex. interviews, surveys can be qualitative and quantitative. Ethnography: study of different cultures, understanding world view and customs of those under, participant observation is done in this. Looks at the bigger picture and see things that the participants don"t see that is happening in the bigger culture. the study: emic- insider view, etic- outsider view, ex. how to adolescence make decisions about substance use.