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9 pages in length. Because no
experiment can be perfectly controlled and no measuring
instrument can be perfectly calibrated, all measurement therefore
are to some degree suspect. If the measurement is
non-qualitative then reservation may be amounted to the
acknowledgement that accuracy is limited. In this paper will be
given examples of how researchers deal with these issues by
giving examples and measurement procedures. Bibliography lists 9
sources.
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9 pages (~225 words per page)
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may be amounted to the acknowledgement that accuracy is limited. In this paper will be given examples of how researchers deal with these issues by giving examples and measurement
procedures. THE RESEARCH If the objective of the research was to explore, interpret, or obtain a deeper understanding of a particular clinical
issue, qualitative methods were almost certainly the most appropriate ones to use by the researcher. If the research aimed to achieve some other goal (such as "determining the incidence
of a disease or the frequency of an adverse drug reaction, testing a cause and effect hypothesis, or showing that one drug has a better risk-benefit ratio than another), then
a case-control study, cohort study, or randomized trial may have been better suited to the research question" (Greenhalgh, 1997, pp. 740). The researcher, being the prime instrument of data collection,
would be responsible for collecting documents to be used in the study of documentary accounts of events, such as meetings. Using passive observation which is systematic watching of
behavior and conversation in natural occurring settings is another tool the researcher could use to collect data. The use of participant observation is observation in which the researcher also occupies
a role or part in the setting, in addition to observing. The researcher might also choose to use in depth interviews, face to face conversation with the purpose of
exploring issues or topics in detail. The researcher would not use preset questions, but questions shaped by a defined set of topics. Focus groups are a method of
group interviews, which explicitly includes and uses the group interaction to generate data (Greenhalgh, 1997). The researcher is the prime instrument of data
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