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| What's a brief description of a study in a lit review? |
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What section of Lit Review?
Problem statement, research questions, hypotheses |
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What section of Lit Review?
Problem statement, research questions, hypotheses |
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What section of Lit Review?
Review of related literature |
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What section of Lit Review?
significance of study |
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What section of Lit Review?
subjects (description, eligibility criteria, #) |
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study design (overall plan) |
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instruments (methods of data collection) |
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study procedures (including human rights protection-usually informed consent) |
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names of statistical tests |
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value of the calculated statistics |
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critical value (significance)-most important information |
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interpretation of the results-practical meaning |
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study limitations-weaknesses identified |
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What section of Lit Review?
implications-suggest uses for findings |
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| What are the 6 sections of the lit review? |
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| Abstract, introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, References |
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| what does objectivity do for us in research reports? |
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| suggests the neutrality of researchers and absence of bias |
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| Give me some tips of reading those research reports |
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| read slowly, frequently, mentally translate and don't get bogged down with data |
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| what are the 5 purposes of a lit review? |
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This helps us find out what is known,
narrows the problem
establishes theoretical framework
is the source of determining topic |
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| When doing a lit review, what types of articles do you want to avoid? |
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| those presenting opinions, clinical impressions, scenarios, views |
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| In determining article relevance, what are the 4 things that must overlap? |
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| IV, DV, population, theoretical framework |
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| What are some indexes for lit review? |
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| CINAHL, Nursing studies index |
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| In developing the content review, what 3 things must we consider? (hints. how to present our ideas, and what to end them with) |
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no quotes! go for your own statements. it makes the arguments stronger
be objective-don't ignore contradictory studies
end with a summary! |
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| what is set of related statements that describe phenomena in a systematic way? |
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Purpose of theory or lit review
makes scientific findings more meaningful or generalizable |
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| what helps us understand why phenomena occur? |
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theory or lit review?
weaves together facts and findings in an orderly framework |
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theory or lit review?
provides direction and motivation for further study |
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| what are the 2 basic ingredients of THEORIES? |
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| What are the 4 central nursing concepts? |
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| person, environment, health, nursing |
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| What's a proposition statement and where is it found? |
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it's a statement of relationship among the variables
it's only found in theories |
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True or false?
theories are definitive and confirmed. |
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| false. tentative, never proven or confirmed |
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| What are the two types of theoretical frameworks? |
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| grand theories and middle range theories |
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broad range of phenomena
most older nursing theories |
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| define middle range theories |
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narrow focus
small number of concepts |
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a broad, general explanation of the relationship between CONCEPTS
based on one theory |
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| according to the note, what is the explanation of a relationship between concepts, may link several theories, research, and experiences? |
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| What is more specific in the data, theoretical framework, or conceptual framework? |
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| What are the 2 different types of conceptual frameworks? |
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conceptual model
schematic model |
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| between conceptual model and schematic model, which one is constructed of concepts with minimal words, and which one is a diagram that uses figurative depiction? |
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conceptual model is constructed of concepts with minimal words
schematic model is a diagram that uses figurative depiction |
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| what are some sources of theories? |
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nursing
other disciplines
combination of theories |
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| What is deductive reasoning? |
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Deductive starts with theory and looks at proposition of theory.
(big to small) |
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| what is inductive reasoning? |
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| it's more qualitative. starting from no preconceived ideas to developing ideas |
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| In theory generation and development,what is the third way of developing a theory besides deductive and inductive reasoning? |
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| it's when we just choose the theory early in proposal development |
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| What are the 9 steps of using theories? |
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1. review various theories
2. select best theory for purpose
3. review literature regarding theory
4. develop a hypotheses or question based on theory
5. define variables based on theoretical definitions
6. choose instruments that mesh with theory
7. describe findings in light of explanations in theory
8. relate conclusions to theory
9. determine if theory is supported by study |
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| what are the 3 interacting dynamic systems in King's Open System Model? |
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| personal, interpersonal and social |
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which theory says
"nursing is a process of action, reaction and interaction" ? |
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| King's Open System Model/Theory of Goal attainment |
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| which theory says that nurses and patients share info about perception of the situation? |
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| King's Open System Model/Theory of Goal Attainment |
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| Which model says that nursing interventions are related to multiple areas? |
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| Levine's Conservation Model |
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| What are the 4 aspects of Levine's Conservation model? |
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energy
structural integrity
personal integrity
social integrity |
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| a non equivalent control group, a component of the Quasi experimental design, lacks what? |
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| what method of analysis do we have to use use with the nonequivalent control group if it lacks randomization? |
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| what method of analysis do we have to use use with the nonequivalent control group if it lacks randomization? |
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| what is time series design? |
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| it is comparing the same subjects before and after a treatment |
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| what does time series design lack? |
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| what are the two types of quasi experimental designs? |
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nonequivalent control group
time series design |
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| what are the 5 different non-experimental designs? |
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| ex post facto, surveys, methodological, exploratory, descriptive |
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| non experimental designs generally lack what 2/3 things? |
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manipulation
randomization |
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| what are the two types of ex post facto research designs? which one is much stronger? |
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retrospective
prospective-stronger |
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| what are the advantages and disadvantages of a survey? |
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advantage: broad scope, flexible
disadvantage: superficial |
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| What kind of research is done to develop and validate research tools and techniques? |
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| t/f: descriptive research seeks to explain an underlying cause and is sometimes correlational |
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| what kind of research is a study of processes and identifies percentages? |
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| exploratory research is _____ in nature and does not contain a ________ |
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| What is the purpose of giving only 1 of 2 groups a treatment, while giving a pre and post test to both groups? |
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| the purpose is to have a control group |
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| what two things does a factorial design evaluate? |
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| main effects and interaction effects |
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| t/f: factorial designs have more than one independent variable |
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what effect does this describe?
looking at 4 groups and difference of results from combination |
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| In a Solomon 4 group, 2 groups get the ____ tx, and 2 get a ______ |
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experimental treatment
pretest |
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| If I were doing a drug study, what type of research design would I want to chose? |
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| t/f: it is more important to develop external validity than it is to develop internal validity |
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| false. balance of both should be reached. |
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| what is the ability to generalize the findings of one study to other settings and samples? |
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| what is the definition of internal validity? |
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| being sure that the IV really affects the DV |
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| what is the hawthorne effect? |
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| when people respond to participation rather than the treatment itself |
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| what is the experimenter (Rosenthal) effect? |
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| nonverbal researcher communication, especially when questions on a sensitive area are asked |
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| what is that threat to external validity when measurement before a treatment affects a person's motivation, making them respond differently to that treatment? |
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| reactive effects of pretest |
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| Keeping conditions constant is the best way to control what kind of threats? |
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| what are the 3 things falling under constancy of conditions in eliminating external threats? |
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environment
time
communication |
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| what is the main purpose of differentiating between and selecting an appropriate research design? |
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| to maximize control over extraneous variables |
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| what is the main purpose of differentiating between and selecting an appropriate research design? |
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| to maximize control over extraneous variables |
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| what is the main purpose of differentiating between and selecting an appropriate research design? |
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| to maximize control over extraneous variables |
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| what is it called when preexisting differences pose a threat to internal validity? |
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| inaccurate measurement or equipment poses a threat to internal validity. this is called... |
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| when a pretest sensitizes subject to post test, what kind of threat to internal validity is this? |
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| changes as a result of TIME is called____ ( a threat to internal validity) |
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| loss of subjects from tx/control groups is what kind of threat to internal validity? |
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| What is the most effective way to control internal threats? |
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| what are the advantages/disadvantages of homogeneity? |
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advantage: easy, considerable control
disadvantage: limits generalizability |
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| in attempt to reduce internal threats, we make an extraneous variable an independent variable. what is this called? |
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| in attempt to reduce internal threats, we form comparison groups based on extraneous characteristics. this is called? |
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| what is a statistical method of control? (this is a method to reduce internal threats) |
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| What are teh 3 types of research designs? |
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exploratory
descriptive (correlational, ex post facto)
explanatory
(quasi experimental, experimental) |
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| What are teh 3 types of research designs? |
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exploratory
descriptive (correlational, ex post facto)
explanatory
(quasi experimental, experimental) |
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