Chapter 3 Introduction to Quantitative Research Flashcards
What type of research is the exploration and description of phenomena in real life situations
Descriptive reasearch
What type of research Involves the systematic investigation of relationships between or among variables
Correlational research
What indicates that the variables both increase or decrease together
A positive relationship
What indicates that the variables vary in opposite directions
A negative relationship
What is the objective and systematic study of cause and effect relationships are examined by using numerical means to determine whether manipulating one variable affects other variables
Quasi-Experimental research
What is the type of research that is objective systematic and a highly controlled investigation of the cause-and-effect relationships
Experimental research
What is the manipulated variable also known as
The independent variable
What is the variable subjected to controlled manipulation of the manipulated variable
The dependent variable
Before research results are considered dependable the same hypothesis should be retested in a subsequent study called a
Replication study
What type of research aims to increase knowledge or understanding of the fundamental aspect of phenomena and of observable facts without specific application in mind
Basic research
What is the type of research in the health sciences that creates knowledge that will improve health lengthen life and decrease illness and disability
Applied research
What is the striving for excellence in research which requires discipline, adherence to detail, consistency and precision
Rigor
What are the rules used to achieve control in research
Design
What involves the imposing of rules by researchers to decrease the possibility of error thereby increasing the probability that the study findings are an accurate reflection of reality
Control
What is a variable that is not the focus of a study but can make the variable appear more or less powerful than it really is
Extraneous variables
What is the extent to which a research controls for the effects of extraneous variable in the study design
Internal validity
What is the slanting of findings away from what is true or accurate
bias
What is the loss of study subjects also known as
Attrition
What is the detailed development of a quality intervention and the consistent implementation of the intervention
Intervention fidelity
What is an area in which there is a gap in nursing’s knowledge base
Research problem
What is generated from the problem and identifies the specific focus for the study
Research purpose
What is the term to which abstract meaning is attached
Concepts
The combination of concepts and connections between them is called
Framework
What explains the connections between two concepts
A relational statement (proposition)
What is used to explain the concepts of various studies
Theory
What are concepts at various levels to be examined in a study
Variables
What are variables with theoretical meaning
Conceptual definition
What indicates how a variable be measured manipulated and controlled in a study
Operational definition
What provides a blueprint for maximizing control over factors that could interfere with a study’s desired outcome
Research design
What is the process of asssigning numbers to objects in accord with some rule
Measurement
What assess how consistently the measurement technique measures a concept
Reliability
What is the extent to which it actually reflects the abstract concept being examined
Validity
The reduction organization and statistical testing of information obtained in the data collection phase
Data analysis
What the study results from the data analyses that are translated and interpreted
Findings
What aspects of the study decrease the generalizability of the findings
Limitations
The plan for obtaining the output of the study instruments
Data Collection Plan
