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| What does the Journal article consist of? |
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| Abstract & IMRAD (Introduction, Method Section, Results, Discussion) |
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| What is a key challenge in quantitative research? |
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| Refers to the accuracy and consistency of information obtained in a study |
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| See whether the findings are cogent, convincing, and well grounded... |
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Trustworthiness is associated with what kind of research?
What is trustworthiness? |
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| Qualitative research. Including credibility, dependability, confirmability, transferability, and authenticity. |
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| What is credibility? What is one approach to establish crediblity? |
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| Credibility is acheived to the extent that the qualitative methods engender confidence in the truth of the data. Trianulation, the use of multiple sources or reference to draw conclusions about the truth could establish credibility |
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| What is bias? What is Systematic bias? |
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| an influence that produces distortion in the study results. Systematic bias results when a bias is consistent across participants or situations |
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| What are confounding or extraneous variables? |
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| Variables that are extraneous to the purpose of the specific study |
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| What is single-blind and double-blind studies? |
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| Single-involve masking for one group. Double-blind study- involve masking for two groups. |
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| What is reflexivity? Important to what kind of research? |
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| The process of reflectign critically on the self and of scrutinizing personal values that could affect data colection and interpretation. IMPORTANT to QUALITATIVE ReSEEARCH |
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| What is Generalizability? Important to what kind of study? |
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| The extent which the findings can be applied to other groups and settings. Important to Quantitative study |
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| What is transferability? What kind of study is this important in? What is one mechanism that can promote transferability? |
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| The extent to which qualitative findings can be transferred to other settings. Thick description could promote tranferability. It is the rich and thorough description of the research setting or context so that others can make inferences about contextual similarities. |
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