A Researcher Conducts Many Interviews, Over a 1-Year Period, with Women

question 5

Multiple Choice

A researcher conducts many interviews, over a 1-year period, with women in the treatment phase of breast cancer, all of whom are attending a breast cancer support group, in order to understand what happens in the support group, how the members are affected by membership, and how the members contribute to the group. The researcher herself is also in treatment for breast cancer and is a member of the support group. What type of research is this?

• A)Phenomenological research
• B)Grounded theory research
• C)Ethnographic research
• D)Exploratory-descriptive qualitative research

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Definitions:

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