NSG 3301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Internal Consistency, Public Health, Face Validity
14 Mar 2017
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Quantitative methods ii data collection: key dimensions of data collection. Questionnaires, scored instruments, interviews (structured or unstructured or semi-structured), focus groups: questions, open ended, closed ended, rand order questions (ex. Order of importance: rating questions (scale of 1-10, data collection methods - questionnaires, scales quantifying one"s placement along a continuum (ex. Via phone or in person), where did they take place: observations, participant observation researcher assures a participating role or researcher watches and listens, checklist researcher records observation on a checklist (ex. Public health nurse home visit: rating scale magnitude or intensity of observations recorded in addition to the checklist, think about the focus, the setting, duration, deception or concealment, participants reactions, methods of recording (ex. Sketched, notes, audio: biophysiologic measures, high objectivity but can be invasive. In vivo present at hand living measurements (ex. In vitro extracted and measured in a lab (ex.
