Qualitative nursing research is valuable in that it
a. Excludes all bias.
b. Uses randomization in structure.
c. Determines associations between variables and conditions.
d. Studies phenomena that are difficult to quantify.
ANS: D
Qualitative nursing research is the study of phenomena that are difficult to quantify or categorize, such as patients' perceptions of illness. No study can totally exclude bias. However, randomization, such as that used in randomized control studies, helps. Qualitative nursing research does not usually randomize its subjects. Control studies determine whether there is an association between one or more predictor variables and the condition.
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