FIELD WORK IN QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF INTERVIEWERS: QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS

Abstract

The authors aimed to analyze field work, due to its importance in research, so as to highlight the procedures necessary for reducing losses and refusals during information collection. The research is descriptive, with a qualitative approach. 22 students on the Master’s course from the Post-graduate Nursing Program of the Federal University of Paraná took part in the study in August 2009, carrying out interviews and answering instruments with open questions. Data analysis was undertaken through pre-analysis, treatment and categorization. The categories singled out were: strategies for making entry into the field more efficient, the importance of the supervisor’s mediation in the process, and systematic meetings to settle doubts and resolve backlogs. Further, the importance is emphasized of deepening and discussing the methodological aspects of research so as to qualify this process.

Keywords

• Data collection
• Health personnel
• Research
• Interviews with subjects