Question

A nurse researcher undertook an in-depth study to understand the decision-making process of patients considering participation in a Phase III cancer treatment RCT What research tradition licely underpinned this study? A. Grounded theory OB. Narrative analysis OC. Ethnography D. Phenomenology

Answer 1

Answers; 1st one is A) Grounded Theory

The aim of a grounded theory study is to find out the participants main concern and how they continually try to resolve it i.e decision making. The questions the researcher repeatedly asks in grounded theory are "What's going on?" and "What is the main problem of the participants, and how are they trying to solve it?" These questions will be answered by the core variable and its subcores and properties in due course.

2nd is A) Core category

The Glaserian grounded theory states that the grounded theory is study of a concept (the core category) . Grounded theory is a research tool which helps you to seek out and conceptualise the latent social patterns and structures of your area of interest through the process of constant comparison.