Nursing Research NCLEX Practice(C)

Nursing Research NCLEX Practice(C) 1. 1. Question What is the purpose of grounded theory? o A. To support theoretical frameworks. o B. To generate theory from data. o C. To develop explanatory models. o D. To find significant differences among groups of people. Correct Answer: B. To generate theory from data. The grounded theory method refers to a qualitative approach of building theory about a phenomenon about which little is known. Grounded theory sets out to discover or construct theory from data, systematically obtained and analyzed using comparative analysis. While grounded theory is inherently flexible, it is a complex methodology. • Option A: A theoretical framework consists of concepts and, together with their definitions and reference to relevant scholarly literature, existing theory that is used for a particular study. The theoretical framework must demonstrate an understanding of theories and concepts that are relevant to the topic of the research paper and that relate to the broader areas of knowledge being considered. • Option C: An explanatory model is a useful description of why and how anything works or an explanation of why a phenomenon is the way it is. The explanatory model is used as a substitute for “the full explanation” of the thing in question: either because the full explanation is unavailable. • Option D: A significant difference between two groups or two points in time means that there is a measurable difference between the groups and that, statistically, the probability of obtaining that difference by chance is very small (usually less than 5%).