Assignment:
Q1. Sarah has decided to do a Master's thesis by doing research with families of Autistic Children.
- She is a graduate student in the University's Social Work program.
- She has opted to do a thesis since she plans on pursing her doctoral degree shortly after graduation with her MSW.
- She wants to work with families who have children with Autism.
- Her nephew is Autistic and she has a strong belief that quantitative research is not focusing on the perceptions of parents and children regarding the causes of autism.
- She personally believes that there is a connection between autoimmune disorders and vaccinations as the cause of autism.
Develop a 10-question survey including directions to the interviewer.
- What concerns would you also address in interviewer training?
- Think about the depth of interviewing in qualitative research.
- Use qualitative research terminology. (Grammar, spelling, etc. will be considered when grading)
Q2. The human services interviewer is interested in how nurses interact with patients. The research question: What is a diabetic’s perception of nursing?
Read the following interview below.
The interviewee is playing the role of a patient for the purposes of the interview. You should be able to complete a thematic analysis by this point in your course. Once you have done that see if there are any categories emerging that you can use to organize the coded sections of text.
It is important to remember that there is no ‘right’ answer, but you should be able to back up your analysis with examples from the text.
You need to develop three themes and provide evidence for each theme.
Interview Transcript
D: Who helps you manage your diabetes care while you are in hospital?
S: The nurses on the ward. Usually. There is a diabetic nurse who came to see me at the beginning of the week. But that was for a fairly short period of time. Generally, the nurses and the students will supervise me.
D: Right. Do you do your own finger prick blood test yourself or do the nurses do it for you?
S: No, I do that myself.
D: And do you use your usual equipment that you have used at home?
S: No, they provide me with the equipment here, so I am using the hospital equipment at the moment.
D: Right, is the same sort of materials that you use or is it different?
S: They are about the same really, not that different.
D: So can you just talk me through a usual day since you have had, if there is a usual day, since you have had the operation? About how you manage your diabetes then and who helps you?
S: Before coming into hospital I was quite well informed about my diabetes, once I was diagnosed. I did meet with the specialist nurse in the community, and had some very good advice on that. So, I know enough about my condition and I seem to manage it quite well I think. So, I think the nurses on the ward appear to know that. And leave me very much to myself to manage my condition. But they are there if I need to ask any questions or have any queries. So that hasn't been too much of a problem I think. I think the nurses feel, I think they feel, I am confident in managing my diabetes.
D: Has anybody sat down and talked to you about managing your diabetes while in hospital?
S: No, apart from when the diabetic nurse came down to see me at the beginning of the week.
We spoke briefly about my condition and about my diet and so on. So, uh, she was the only person really.
D: So, I am thinking again about the point where you are get ready to go home. What sort of things do you think you are going to need to get you to the point where you can go home?
S: I think I need to be quite confident in standing up and moving about. I'll be very concerned if I went home and I couldn't stand up, I couldn't move, I couldn't go to the toilet. That would really be very difficult for me. Particularly as I live in a flat, second floor flat in the city center. And I am quite distant from the shops as well. So that sort of thing would worry me I think. So I would
want, I would really like to know that I would be confident of managing these things when I go out. I know it is going to be difficult initially, when I am aware of that. But they are the sort of things that worries me at this moment in time.
D: Who would you talk to about those worries on this particular ward?
S: I think I would speak to the physiotherapist. She seems to aware of some of the problems that I am facing. I would be facing. I think I can also speak to the nurses on the ward if there is an issue. So when I meet the named nurse, when she comes in to see me or I can ask sister, when she comes in to see me. These are the some of issues I will discuss with them.
D: When do you think you might do that then?
S: I'll like to do it as soon as possible really. Just in case there are any problems initially that needs addressing before I am discharged. So I am hoping that over the next couple of days if they're not, if they haven't come to see me, I will ask one of the students to inform the sister that I would like to speak to her.
D: Right, so you use the students as a connector to the person you want to speak to?
S: Yes because they are there all the time. And they are very friendly, I can talk to them.
D: Do you think there might be any problems with that or would you imagine it will all be straight forward?
S: I don't think it will be straight forward. So, I am anticipating some problems. But as long as I know the support is there if I have difficulties, if I have problems, there is someone I can contact.
That would not be too bad. The problem would be for me if I am discharged and I find difficulty in getting access to people and to help and to advice.
Q3. After reading the interview above in the Question 2 scenario, Discuss threats to validity and reliability in this method of gaining data.
- Please assume that there are multiple interviewers who will have been extensively trained.
- The hospital is a rural hospital in SC where there were only 9 people who meet the requirements. (Remember qualitative terminology)
Q4. Discuss the process of writing a qualitative research proposal and ultimately the article for publication.
- Consider the ethical consideration during both processes.
- Use the information shared with you in class and your textbook as resources to assist you.
- You should be able to explain this process in about 2-3 paragraphs.
Q5. Compare and contrast ethnography and narrative methods of qualitative research.
- Use information from the readings and videos.
- Be specific in your response as you note the distinctions of each method and any links or similarities.
- Use the information shared with you in class as well noting the differences and/or similarities between the two.
Please use one paragraph to describe the individual traits of ethnography methods, one paragraph to describe the individual traits of the narrative method, and one paragraph to note the similarities between the two.
Your answer must be, typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format.