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Research ch. 3
Research
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Nursing
Undergraduate 3
02/03/2011

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Subjects/study participants
Definition
in quantitative study, the peole being studied are called this, they are the people that provide information by answering quesitons
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naturalistic setting
Definition
in the field, at the other extreme, some studies are done in highly controlled laboratory settings
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Concepts
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this is an abstraction in quantatiative studies, and can be terms as in pain, spirituality and resilence
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Phenomena
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these are concepts in qualitative studies
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construct
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refers to an abstraction or mental representation inferred from situations or behaviors.
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Conceptual model
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using deductive reasoning, make predictions about how phenomena would behave in the real world in the theory were true.
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Variables
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this is something that varies, weight, anxiety, ad body temperature are all forms of this
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constant
Definition
if everyone weighed 150 pounds, weight would not variable it would be this..?
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dependent variable/ independent variable
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variation in the dependent variable is presumed to depend on variation in the independent variable.

ex. researchers investigate the extent to which lung cancer (dependent variable) depends on smoking (independent variable)

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conceptual definition
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presents the abstract or theoretic meaning of the concepts being studied.

example is the concept of caring

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operational definition
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specifies the operation that researchers must perform to collect the required information. this is congruent with conceptual definitions.
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Data
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these are the pieces of information obtained in a study
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relationship
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is a bond or connection between two or more phnomena.
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experimental reserach
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researchers actively introduce an intervention or treatment

  • Controlled trial
  • quantitiative
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Nonexperimental research
Definition

researchers are bystanders, they collect data without introducing treatment or making changes.

  • Observational study
  • quantiative
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Grounded theory
Definition

Qualitative research

  • tradition seeks to describe and understand the key social, psychological, and structural processes that occur in a soicla setting.
  • strive to generat econprehensive explanations of phenomena that are grounded in reality
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Phenomenology
Definition

qualitative reseach

  • rooted in a philosophic tradition, is concerned with the lived experiences of human. is the approch to thinking about what life experiences of people are like and what they mean.
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ethnography
Definition

qualitative research

  • provides a framework for studying the patterns, lifeways, and experiences of a defined cultureal group in a holistic fashion.
  • to learn from members of a cultural group to understand their wold view
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hypotheses
Definition
state reseachers expectations about relatinships amoung study cariables. predictions of expected outcomes.
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Research design
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is the overall plan for obtaining answers to the questions being studied and for handling various challenges to the worth of the study evidence
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population
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this is all the individuals or objects with common, defining characteristics.
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sample
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this is a subset of the population
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coding
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this is the process of translating verbal data into numerica form.
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statistical analyses
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include some simple procedures as well as complex and sophisticated methods.
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interpretation
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process of making sense of study results and of examining their implications.
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themes
Definition
these are used to build a rich description or theory of the phenomenon.
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saturation
Definition
this occurs  when themes and categories in the data become repetitive and redundant, such that no new information can be gleaned by further data collection.
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reliability
Definition
has to do with the instruments, that we can use it over and over again
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validity
Definition
instrument that we are using is measuring the concept that we want.
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Credibility
Definition
believability we want our paitent to be confidnet in us
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