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nursing research ch 3
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Nursing
Undergraduate 3
06/04/2011

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a relationship between two variables such that the presence or absence of one variable ("the cause") determines the presence or absence (or value) of the other (the "effect")
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causal relationship
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a relationship between two variables such that the presence or absence of one variable ("the cause") determines the presence or absence (or value) of the other (the "effect")
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causal relationship
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a study designed to assess the safety, efficacy, and effectiveness of a new clinical intervention, sometimes involving several phases, one of which (phase II) is randomized using an expirmental design
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clinical trial
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an abstraction based on observations of behaviors or characteristics (e.g. fatigue, pain)
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concept
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the abstract or theoretical meaning of the concept being studied
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conceptual definition
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an abstraction or concept that is deliberately invented (constructed) by researchers for a scientific purpose (e.g. health locus of control)
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construct
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the pieces of information obtained in a study
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data
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a design that unfolds in the course of a qualitative study as the researcher makes ongoing design decisions reflecting what has already been learned
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emergent design
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a branch of human inquiry, associated with anthropology, that focuses on the culture of a group of people, with an effort to understand the world view of those under study
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ethnography
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the activities undertaken by qualitative researchers to collect data in the field
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fieldwork
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the process of gaining access to study participants through the cooperation of key actors in the selected community or site.
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gaining entree
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an approach to collecting and analyzing qualitative data that aims to develop theories grounded in real-world observations
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grounded theory
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a statement of predicted relationships between variables or predicted outcomes
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hypothesis
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the specification of exactly what an intervention and alternative treatment conditions will be, and how they are to be administered
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intervention protocol
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a critical summary of research on a topic, often prepared to put a research problem in context or to summarize existing evidence
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literature review
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studies in which the researcher collects data without introducing an intervention
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nonexperimental research
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the definition of a concept or variable in terms of the procedures by which it is to be measured
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operational defintion
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a qualitative research tradition, with roots in philosophy, that focuses on the lived experience of humans
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phenomenology
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the entire set of individuals or objects having some common characteristics
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population
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information collected in narrative form
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qualitative data
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information collected in a quantified (numeric) form
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quantitative data
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a bond or connection between two or more variables
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relationship
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the overall plan for addressing a research question, including strategies for enhancing the study's integrity
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research design
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the collection of qualitative data to the point where a sense of closure is attained because new data yield redundant information
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saturation
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the organization and analysis of quantitative data using statistical procedures, including both descriptive and inferential statistics
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statistical analysis
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