Chapter 3 Introduction to Quantitative Research Flashcards

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What type of research is the exploration and description of phenomena in real life situations

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Descriptive reasearch

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What type of research Involves the systematic investigation of relationships between or among variables

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Correlational research

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What indicates that the variables both increase or decrease together

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A positive relationship

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What indicates that the variables vary in opposite directions

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A negative relationship

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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

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Quasi-Experimental research

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What is the type of research that is objective systematic and a highly controlled investigation of the cause-and-effect relationships

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Experimental research

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What is the manipulated variable also known as

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The independent variable

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What is the variable subjected to controlled manipulation of the manipulated variable

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The dependent variable

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Before research results are considered dependable the same hypothesis should be retested in a subsequent study called a

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Replication study

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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

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Basic research

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What is the type of research in the health sciences that creates knowledge that will improve health lengthen life and decrease illness and disability

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Applied research

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What is the striving for excellence in research which requires discipline, adherence to detail, consistency and precision

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Rigor

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What are the rules used to achieve control in research

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Design

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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

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Control

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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

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Extraneous variables

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What is the extent to which a research controls for the effects of extraneous variable in the study design

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Internal validity

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What is the slanting of findings away from what is true or accurate

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What is the loss of study subjects also known as

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What is the detailed development of a quality intervention and the consistent implementation of the intervention

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Intervention fidelity

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What is an area in which there is a gap in nursing’s knowledge base

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Research problem

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What is generated from the problem and identifies the specific focus for the study

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Research purpose

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What is the term to which abstract meaning is attached

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The combination of concepts and connections between them is called

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What explains the connections between two concepts

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A relational statement (proposition)

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What is used to explain the concepts of various studies
Theory
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What are concepts at various levels to be examined in a study
Variables
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What are variables with theoretical meaning
Conceptual definition
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What indicates how a variable be measured manipulated and controlled in a study
Operational definition
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What provides a blueprint for maximizing control over factors that could interfere with a study's desired outcome
Research design
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What is the process of asssigning numbers to objects in accord with some rule
Measurement
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What assess how consistently the measurement technique measures a concept
Reliability
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What is the extent to which it actually reflects the abstract concept being examined
Validity
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The reduction organization and statistical testing of information obtained in the data collection phase
Data analysis
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What the study results from the data analyses that are translated and interpreted
Findings
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What aspects of the study decrease the generalizability of the findings
Limitations
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The plan for obtaining the output of the study instruments
Data Collection Plan