Term
|
Definition
| the variable presumed to cause or influence changes in some other variable |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the variable the resarcher wants to understand, explain or predict |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| this method of research gathers empirical (numerical) data in systematic manner |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the method of research that analyzes narrative data to understand human experience |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| people who are being studied are often referred to in both quantitative and qualitative studies |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the abstract qualities in which a researcher is interested |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a term used primarily in quantitative research, a quality of a person, group, setting or situation that take son different values |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a worldview, a way of looking at natural phenomena in which there are multiple interpretation of reality |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| pieces of information obtained in the course of study |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the world view that assumes that there is an orderly reality that can be studied objectively |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| nurses are increasingly encouraged to develop a practice that is _________-_________ |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the process of developing generalizations from specific observations |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the process of developing specific predictions from general principals |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the definition of a concept or variable and the procedures by which it will be measured |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the abstract or theoretical meaning of the concepts being studied |
|
|
Term
| What is nursing research? |
|
Definition
| Research is systematic inquiry that uses disciplined methods to answer questions or solve problems |
|
|
Term
| What makes evidence based practice (EBP) different from other research? |
|
Definition
| It incorporates clinical experience, patient input, and other resource information |
|
|
Term
| What is Research Utilization (RU)? |
|
Definition
| use of finding from disciplined research in a practical application that is unrelated to the original research. |
|
|
Term
| Qualitative research borrows research disciplines |
|
Definition
1) Grounded theory
2) phenomenology
3) ethnography |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| seeks to describe and understand key social psychological and structural processess that occur in a social setting |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| focuses on the lived experiences of humans and is an approach to gaining insight into what the life experiences of people are like and what they mean |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| provides framework for studying the meanings, patterns, and lifeways of a culture in a holistic fashion |
|
|
Term
| What are the phases in a quantitative study? |
|
Definition
1) conceptual
2) planning
3) empirical
4) analytic
5) dissemination |
|
|
Term
Qualitative Description
Key word: describe the expereince (has to talk to someone)
Describes the dimentions, variations, and importance of the phenonena
|
|
Definition
Quanititave Description
Key word: describe; physiololocal change is measureable
Focus on prevalence, incidence, size and measureable attributes. |
|
|
