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| involves assessing study findings for their implementation potential |
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| any information a subject relates will not be made public or available to others without the subject's consent |
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| to determine the meaning, purpose, or effect of any type of communication, as literature, newspapers, or broadcasts, by studying and evaluating the details, innuendoes, and implications of the content, recurrent themes, etc. |
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| an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs |
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| critically read and evaluate research articles |
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| the behavior, characteristics, or outcomes that the researcher wishes to explain or predict |
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| procedures that summarize large volumes of data; used to describe and synthesize data, showing patterns and trends |
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| research that provides a framework to focus on the culture of a group of people |
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| Evidence-based Practice (EBP) |
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| the use of some form of substantiation in making clinical decisions |
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| any variables that could influence the results of the study other than the specific variable[s] being studied for their influence |
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| research to understand social structures and social processes; this method focuses on the generation of categories or hypotheses that explain patterns of behavior of people in the study |
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| a prediction of the relationship among two or more variables |
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| the presumed cause or influence on the dependent variable |
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| allows researchers to test hypotheses about relationships between variables or differences between groups |
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| maintains that "truth" is absolute and can be discovered by careful measurement |
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| Measures of Central Tendency |
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| measures that describe the center of a distribution of data, denoting where most of the subjects lie; include the mean, median, and mode |
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| a study's logistics or mechanics |
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| maintains that reality is relative or contextual and constructed by individuals who are experiencing a phenomenon |
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| research that investigates people's life experiences and how they interpret those experiences |
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| a small-scale experiment or set of observations undertaken to decide how and whether to launch a full-scale project |
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| a predetermined a preprinted plan specifying the procedure to be followed in a particular situation |
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| systematic collection and thematic analysis of narrative data |
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| systematic collection, statistical analysis, and interpretation of numerical data |
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| the degree to which an instrument produces consistent results on repeated use |
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| to search or search for again using formal and systematic processes to address problems and answer questions |
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| refers to the overall structure or blueprint or general layout of a study |
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| a process in which decisions are made that result in a detailed plan or proposal for a study |
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| segment of the population from whom data will actually be collected |
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| a thorough critique of a study for its conceptual and methodological integrity |
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| Statistically Significant |
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| term applied after data have been analyzed to determine whether results had a probability less than 0.05, which is considered the acceptable level of significance |
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| the universe of elements to which the researcher wishes to be able to apply the study's findings |
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| the degree to which an instrument measures what it is intended to measure |
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