Research Exam 2 Ch 5

What type of study is classified as non-experimental or observational design? Aims to capture naturally occurring variations in the features of the phenomenon being studied.

What are the elements, features, or characteristics of persons, experiences, situations, or things studied in descriptive research called

What are healthcare providers interested in regarding variables?

What is the term for measurement methods that consistently yields values close to the actual values

What do researchers call it when a measurement method captures a high degree the totality of a variable of interest

What is the difference in readings caused by the difference in measurement technique called?

What is the accurate capture of underlying concept

What three things suggest that Data is trustworthy

What are variables that may have influence in the situation but are outside the interest of study

What do researchers use to minimize the effect of participation in a study by considering the order in which the data are collected and/or by giving equal attention to all groups whom data are collected

What is an interval with defined endpoints between which the means of many other samples are likely to lie

What does the confidence interval capture

What is random selection

What is a sample that is randomly selected from a list of population members

What sampling type is used when the researcher wants to get data from subgroups of the population that are small and might not be present in sufficient numbers in a simple, random sample (STRATAS)

What type of sampling is used when the target population is large and spread out and the researcher needs to concentrate data collections in a few locations

What type of sampling consists of an assumed population that is defined by demographic, disease, functional, symptom, or wellness characteristic (accessible to researcher)

Steps of convenience sampling

What two things could the target population be

What types of factors are taken into consideration when selecting sample size in a quantitative study

Describe 3 issues that occur with surveys

What is the most common way descriptive study reports the results

When would the mean verse the median be applied when reporting average scores in descriptive study results

What is the probability that the difference in the means being compared is just chance variation

What are truth of findings as judged by participants and others within the discipline

What is Accountability as judged by the adequacy of information leading the reader from the research question and raw data through various steps of analysis to the interpretation of findings

What is faithfulness to everyday reality of the participants, described in enough detail so that others in the discipline can evaluate the importance for their own practice, research, and theory development

What are findings that reflect implementation of credibility, autditability, and fittingness standards

Name the four criterias of judging scientific rigor

Name 4 types of quantitative research

What type of quantitative research looks at the relationship between 2 or more variables

What type of quantitative research is less controlled by researcher, samples are not randomly selected, and examines cause and effect relationship

What type of quantitative research is highly controlled, objective, systematic, measures independent and dependent variables, and looks at cause and effect relationship

Name 3 characteristics of Experimental research

What type of research seeks to solve real problems in clinical practice?

What type of reasoning is essential to rigor in quantitative research

What two types of research have natural settings

What is an area of concern needing research for nursing practice

What comes from the research problem and identifies a specific goal or aim in the study

What 3 things is included in the research purpose

What is the purpose of literacy review

What is the abstract, theoretical basis for a study that enables the researcher to link the findings to nursing body of knowledge

What is an integrated set of defined concepts and relational statements that present a view of a phenomenon and can be used to describe, explain, predict, or control phenomenon

What are concepts that are measured, manipulated, or controlled in a study

Example of concrete verse abstract variables

Statements taken for granted or are considered true

What type of limitations restricted the generalization of the findings and are reflected in the framework and definitions

What type of limitations restrict the population to which the findings can be generalized

What maximizes control over factors that could interfere with the study's desired outcome (directs selection of population, sampling methods of measure, plans for data collection, and analysis) BLUEPRINT

What are all elements that meet certain criteria in study

Where is data collection described on research article

What part of the research article interprets data findings in meaningful manner, forms conclusions, and considers implications for nursing practice

What describes findings after data is analyzed in the research article

What reduces, organizes, and gives meaning to DATA