Using Qualitative Research as a Means to an Effective Survey Instrument

Authors

Sarah Bunton, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

Academic Medicine

Document Type

Citation

Publication Date

8-2016

Subjects

Qualitative research, Survey development

Abstract

The academic medicine and health care fields have seen a recent spate of studies using various qualitative research methods. Even more recently, a move to establish standards for reporting qualitative research has emerged. The contributions of these qualitative approaches, which facilitate rich insight into an issue by focusing on the how and why of phenomena, are unique and important. Another way qualitative methods contribute to research is through their systematic use in the survey instrument development process. That is, explicitly applying steps of qualitative methods during the development of a quantitative survey can strengthen the instrument and yield more meaningful results.

Rights

© 2016 by the Association of American Medical Colleges

Locate the Document

https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000001277

DOI

10.1097/ACM.0000000000001277

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/27842

Citation Details

Bunton, S. A. (2016). Using Qualitative Research as a Means to an Effective Survey Instrument. Academic Medicine: Journal Of The Association Of American Medical Colleges, 91(8), 1183.