NCM 111: NURSING RESEARCH TRANSCRIBED BY: S.P, M.B, S.D, B.
TYPES OF RESEARCH TYPES OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
I. PURPOSE A. PHENOMENOLOGICAL/PHENOMENOLOGY
1) BASIC RESEARCH/PURE RESEARCH RESEARCH
• The most fundamental type of research
• Examines the life/human experiences
• The ultimate goal is to widen the knowledge
• Title of research: “Lived Experiences…”
base
• Meaning of existence
• Development and refinement of theory
• Interview/FGD
→ Explain, describe, and predict a certain • Participants are called INFORMANTS
phenomena • Transcription
→ Colaizzis method
2) APPLIED RESEARCH
▪ 7 steps (sa sunod na discussion
• To solve problems
nalang daw)
• To find solutions
B. ETHNOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH
II. PHILOSOPHY • You want to know their cultures
Quantitative Qualitative → Cultural beliefs
→ Cultural practices
• Number (involves • Letters → Cultural behaviors
numerical data) • Narrative analysis • Participants are called KEY INFORMANTS
• Statistical Analysis (to • Subjective data (can → Elderly
measure) create bias) • Methods:
• Objective data (no ➢ Interview → Interview
bias) • Inductive reasoning → Participant observation (you need to live
➢ Questionnaire ➢ Meta-synthesis with the community to observe their culture)
• Deductive reasoning • No hypothesis • Madeleine Leininger Theory
• Meta-analysis • Develop patterns and
• Test hypothesis themes C. HISTORICAL RESEARCH
• Larger sample size • Smaller sample size
• You want to collect or analyze data from the past
• Positivist approach • Naturalistic
of remote events
➢ You would like to approach
➢ You want to • Document review to collect data
verify the truth
know the truth • Artifacts
D. GROUNDED THEORY
TYPES OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
• You will be developing theory
1. Descriptive Research • Most complicated type of research
→ Describe characteristics • Theory should be base on data you have
→ When more is known about the phenomena collected
2. Exploratory Research → Social processes
→ When little is known about the phenomena → Social issues
3. Explanatory Research → Social settings
→ If you want to know the causal relationship
E. CASE STUDY
• In-depth investigation
• Conduct a study to person, group of people,
family, community
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