The issue of personal privacy may be more difficult for nurse researchers to protect in qualitative studies than it is in quantitative studies for which reason?
a. Participants may be related to each other.
b. The researcher meets face to face with most participants.
c. Participants are not asked to sign an informed consent statement.
d. Verbatim quotations from participants may reveal personal information.
ANS: D
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A Participants are usually not related to each other.
B Meeting face to face with participants occurs in qualitative and quantitative research and is not an issue of personal privacy unique to qualitative research.
C Participants do provide informed consent for qualitative studies.
D Verbatim quotes regarding personal situations could inadvertently reveal a participant's identity. Qualitative researchers will not use a participant's real name in a study report in an attempt to maintain a participant's anonymity.
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