A qualitative research study has concluded and the nurse researcher is currently watching the study participants to make sure that the research findings can be observed in their routine lives
The nurse is conducting which type of basic research? 1. Ethnography
2. Experimental research
3. Phenomenology
4. Grounded theory
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Rationale 1: Ethnography focuses on the culture of a group.
Rationale 2: Experimental research is a type of quantitative research.
Rationale 3: Phenomenology describes the meaning of a lived experience through the perspective of the participant.
Rationale 4: Grounded theory refers to the idea that conclusions of a qualitative study are grounded in data and based on direct and careful observations of everyday life within the group studied. By observing the study participants, the nurse is following a grounded theory research design.
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