An older adult's description of pain, including descriptors, attributed causes, and what constitutes good care during a painful episode, would be an example of which category of qualitative findings?
a. Restricted by a priori frameworks
b. Descriptive categories
c. Shared pathway or meaning
d. Depiction of experiential variation
ANS: B
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A This is not an example of "restricted by a priori frameworks," which describes a discovery being aborted because the researcher has obscured the findings with an existing theory.
B This is an example of "descriptive categories," which describes a phenomenon vividly portrayed from a new perspective.
C This is not an example of "shared pathway or meaning," which describes a synthesis of a shared experience or process or integration of concepts that provides a complex picture of a phenomenon.
D This is not an example of "depiction of experiential variation," which describes the main essence of an experience but also shows how the experience varies, depending on the individual or context.
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