What is the general rule about collecting demographic data during an interview?
a. The mood of the qualitative interview, so crucial to quality data capture, may be intruded upon by demographic data collection.
b. In quantitative interviews, everything excerpted from medical records must again be verified in face interviews.
c. In qualitative interviews, routinely asking twenty or thirty demographic questions sets the stage for actual data collection.
d. If data can be obtained in other ways, leave the valuable interview time for actual interviewing.
ANS: D
The researcher should consider the importance of each piece of datum and the subject's time required to collect it. If the data can be obtained from patient records or any other written sources, the researcher does not need to ask the subject to provide this information. To collect data from a patient's records, the researcher must make sure to include the intent to do so in the consent form and ensure that the institutional review board has authorized the team to do this. The qualitative researcher has the power to shape the interview agenda. Participants have the power to choose the level of responses they will provide. The researcher might begin the interview by asking a broad question such as "Describe for me your experience with..." or "Tell me about...." Ideally, the participant will respond as though she or he is telling a story. The researcher responds nonverbally with a nod or eye contact to convey interest in what is being said, and tries to avoid agreeing or disagreeing with what the participant is saying. The less the researcher says, the better.
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