Chapter 15: Qualitative Data Analysis
LoBiondo-Wood: Nursing Research in Canada, 4th Edition
1. Which of the following is the term for the huge volume of data collected during
qualitative research?
a. Essential data
b. Fat data
c. Interview data
d. Observational data
ANS: B
Feedback
A. Essential data are embedded in the volumes of data; this is not the correct term
for the huge volume of data collected during qualitative research.
B. The term fat data is used to describe all the raw data collected during qualitative
research.
C. Interview data is a term for a distinct type of qualitative data, which may or may
not be part of the raw data for a particular qualitative study.
D. Observational data is a term for a distinct type of qualitative data, which may or
may not be part of the raw data for a particular qualitative study.
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MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment;
Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The most common source of data collected in qualitative research studies is
a. interviews.
, b. narrative.
c. focus groups.
d. observations.
ANS: A
Feedback
A. An interview is the most common source and is a usually a primary source of
data.
B. Narratives are often used to supplement interviews.
C. Focus groups are used occasionally but not most common.
D. Observations are also used in addition to interviews.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment;
Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. When collecting data many researchers record the interview. This is a common practice
because
a. participants wish to ensure their stories are documented correctly.
b. participants are made to feel that their story is important if it is recorded.
c. the researcher wished to accurately summarize or paraphrase the interview.
d. researchers prefer to have the interview transcribed verbatim into written text.
ANS: D
Feedback
A. It may be true that participants wish to ensure their stories are documented
correctly, but it is not the primary reason.
, B. It may be true that narratives are often used to supplement interviews although it
is not the primary reason.
C. It is not a common practice for the researcher to summarize or paraphrase the
interview.
D. Verbatim text can help ensure authenticity of the data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment;
Health Promotion and Maintenance
4. Which of the following criteria of scientific rigour for qualitative research is met when
the research report leads the reader from the research question and raw data through the
steps of analysis and interpretation of the data?
a. Trustworthiness
b. Auditability
c. Fittingness
d. Credibility
ANS: B
Feedback
A. Confirmability does not refer to the sequence of the audit trail.
B. Auditability refers to the adequacy of information that leads a reader through the
steps of data analysis to interpretation.
C. Fittingness does not refer to the sequence of the audit trail.
D. Credibility does not refer to the sequence of the audit trail.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment;
Health Promotion and Maintenance
LoBiondo-Wood: Nursing Research in Canada, 4th Edition
1. Which of the following is the term for the huge volume of data collected during
qualitative research?
a. Essential data
b. Fat data
c. Interview data
d. Observational data
ANS: B
Feedback
A. Essential data are embedded in the volumes of data; this is not the correct term
for the huge volume of data collected during qualitative research.
B. The term fat data is used to describe all the raw data collected during qualitative
research.
C. Interview data is a term for a distinct type of qualitative data, which may or may
not be part of the raw data for a particular qualitative study.
D. Observational data is a term for a distinct type of qualitative data, which may or
may not be part of the raw data for a particular qualitative study.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment;
Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The most common source of data collected in qualitative research studies is
a. interviews.
, b. narrative.
c. focus groups.
d. observations.
ANS: A
Feedback
A. An interview is the most common source and is a usually a primary source of
data.
B. Narratives are often used to supplement interviews.
C. Focus groups are used occasionally but not most common.
D. Observations are also used in addition to interviews.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment;
Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. When collecting data many researchers record the interview. This is a common practice
because
a. participants wish to ensure their stories are documented correctly.
b. participants are made to feel that their story is important if it is recorded.
c. the researcher wished to accurately summarize or paraphrase the interview.
d. researchers prefer to have the interview transcribed verbatim into written text.
ANS: D
Feedback
A. It may be true that participants wish to ensure their stories are documented
correctly, but it is not the primary reason.
, B. It may be true that narratives are often used to supplement interviews although it
is not the primary reason.
C. It is not a common practice for the researcher to summarize or paraphrase the
interview.
D. Verbatim text can help ensure authenticity of the data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment;
Health Promotion and Maintenance
4. Which of the following criteria of scientific rigour for qualitative research is met when
the research report leads the reader from the research question and raw data through the
steps of analysis and interpretation of the data?
a. Trustworthiness
b. Auditability
c. Fittingness
d. Credibility
ANS: B
Feedback
A. Confirmability does not refer to the sequence of the audit trail.
B. Auditability refers to the adequacy of information that leads a reader through the
steps of data analysis to interpretation.
C. Fittingness does not refer to the sequence of the audit trail.
D. Credibility does not refer to the sequence of the audit trail.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
MSC: NCLEX Client Care Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment;
Health Promotion and Maintenance
