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| o A systematic investigation involving the analysis of collected information or data that ultimately is used to enhance knowledge or practice and answers 1 or more questions about a health related theory, behavior, or phenomenon |
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| Knowledge can be said to be what kind of research |
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| Practice can be said to be what kind of research |
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| Theoretical concepts are tested in real situations |
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| The _____ ______ becomes the laboratory for applied health research. |
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| Most research in the health sciences is considered ______ ______. |
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| Whether basic or applied research is being conducted, one type of research must |
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| depend on the other for the proper research process to take place. |
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Replicable
Theoretical
Empirical
Nomothetic/reductive
Tentative |
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| Four aspects of scientists |
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Doubters / Skeptics
Verification
Objective and impartial
Value-free
Integrate and systemize their findings |
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| Seven characteristics of science |
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Empirical,
Objective,
Self-correcting,
Progressive,
Tentative,
Parsimonious,
Concerned with Theory |
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| One component is integral to all others, and good research becomes almost _______. |
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| Ten stages of the research process |
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Selecting a Problem (ch 1 & 2)
Formulating Hypotheses (ch 2)
Reviewing the Literature (ch 3)
Listing the Measures (ch6)
Describing the Subjects (ch 7)
Constructing a Research Design (ch5)
Constructing and Identifying Measurement Devices (ch6)
Analysis of the Data (ch 11 &12)
Generating Conclusions (ch 11 & 12)
Writing the Report of Research |
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| Four types of research in health sciences |
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| experimental research, survey, evaluation research, historical research |
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| The Investigator controls and manipulates one or more of the variables. |
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| Descriptive methodologies in which the results reveal what is happening in a particular occurrence. |
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| interview and observation |
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| A method of assessing a process or program in a specific situation |
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| Describes what has occurred in the past. |
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| the degree to which findings apply to others beyond those in the research (multiple populations or settings) |
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| a means for testing objective theories by examining the relationship among variables |
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| Four parts of quantitative data |
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Measured variables
Statistical procedures
Deduction
Structured writing |
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| Three parts of deducation |
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• Start with established theory and develop hypothesis
• Test hypothesis
• Verify/modify hypothesis |
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| a means for exploring and understanding the meaning individuals ascribe to a social or human problem |
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| Four parts of qualitative data |
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Emerging questions
Interviews/text images
Participant’s Settings
Induction |
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• Creates summary of large amounts of data
• Aggregate, not individual |
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| Socio-ecological perspective |
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• Intrapersonal
• Interpersonal
• Institutional/organizational
• Community
• Public Policy |
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| Socio-ecological perspective deals with |
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