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| a relationship between two variables such that the presence or absence of one variable ("the cause") determines the presence or absence (or value) of the other (the "effect") |
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| a relationship between two variables such that the presence or absence of one variable ("the cause") determines the presence or absence (or value) of the other (the "effect") |
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| a study designed to assess the safety, efficacy, and effectiveness of a new clinical intervention, sometimes involving several phases, one of which (phase II) is randomized using an expirmental design |
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| an abstraction based on observations of behaviors or characteristics (e.g. fatigue, pain) |
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| the abstract or theoretical meaning of the concept being studied |
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| an abstraction or concept that is deliberately invented (constructed) by researchers for a scientific purpose (e.g. health locus of control) |
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| the pieces of information obtained in a study |
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| a design that unfolds in the course of a qualitative study as the researcher makes ongoing design decisions reflecting what has already been learned |
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| a branch of human inquiry, associated with anthropology, that focuses on the culture of a group of people, with an effort to understand the world view of those under study |
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| the activities undertaken by qualitative researchers to collect data in the field |
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| the process of gaining access to study participants through the cooperation of key actors in the selected community or site. |
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| an approach to collecting and analyzing qualitative data that aims to develop theories grounded in real-world observations |
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| a statement of predicted relationships between variables or predicted outcomes |
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| the specification of exactly what an intervention and alternative treatment conditions will be, and how they are to be administered |
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| a critical summary of research on a topic, often prepared to put a research problem in context or to summarize existing evidence |
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| studies in which the researcher collects data without introducing an intervention |
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| the definition of a concept or variable in terms of the procedures by which it is to be measured |
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| a qualitative research tradition, with roots in philosophy, that focuses on the lived experience of humans |
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| the entire set of individuals or objects having some common characteristics |
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| information collected in narrative form |
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| information collected in a quantified (numeric) form |
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| a bond or connection between two or more variables |
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| the overall plan for addressing a research question, including strategies for enhancing the study's integrity |
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| the collection of qualitative data to the point where a sense of closure is attained because new data yield redundant information |
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| the organization and analysis of quantitative data using statistical procedures, including both descriptive and inferential statistics |
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