Qualitatv Methds in Nurs Rrsch

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This course provides an overview to promote your understanding of qualitative inquiry as a research methodology for the human sciences. This course will focus on research design, methods for data collection and analysis, interpretation, and evaluation using the naturalistic paradigm and qualitative methods. By the completion of this course, you will be competent consumers of qualitative studies with knowledge of the utility of qualitative methodologies. Topics for discussion in the course include the historical and philosophical development of qualitative methodologies within the human sciences and the influence of logical positivism on the development of the received view of science. You will be introduced to different qualitative research designs and the phenomenon of interest that these designs explore. Issues of veracity, understandability and credibility of qualitative methods will be explored and discussed. Literature available to the qualitative researcher will be reviewed and methods for data collection, analysis, and interpretation will be introduced. You will develop a beginning understanding of qualitative methods of inquiry and the contribution of these methods to the epistemology of nursing science.