chapter 5 Flashcards
is an area of concern in which there is a gap in the knowledge needed for nursing practice.
a research problem
Significance
Background
Problem statement: gap you want to study
is a clear concise statement of the specific goal or focus of a study
a research purpose
Qualitative research
Descriptive research
Correlational research
Quasi-experimental research
Experimental research
Qualitative research
Phenomenological research
Grounded theory research
Exploratory-descriptive research
Ethnographic research
What are some sources of research problems?
Nursing practice
Researcher and peer interaction
Literature review
Theory
Research priorities
Where do you identify the best problems in nursing practice?
Build Theory to test theory
Examining the feasibility of a problem and purpose
Ethical considerations
Research expertise
Money commitment/ funding source
Time commitment
Availability of subjects, facilities, and equipment
Ethical considerations
Article will have where they work, credentials, titles, certifications, and fellowships. Acknowledgments of the study, if it has been funded it is a higher study. Time commitment: can we do it when designing something. Various ethical considerations.
What are the critiquing guidelines for problem and purposes?
Is the problem clear and concise?
Is the problem limited in scope?
Is the problem narrowed to the focus of the study?
Does problem identify variables, population, and setting?
Are problem and purpose able to generate knowledge?
Is study feasible?
Is study ethical?
Differentiate the types of variables in studies.
Qualities, properties, or characteristics of people, things, or situations that are manipulated or measured in research.
Variables are measurable with instruments and/or intensity scales.
What are types of variables?
independent
dependent
research variables or concepts
extraneous
demographic
is the stimulus or activity manipulated or varied by the research to cause an effect on dependent variables. Is also called the treatment or experimental variable. Causes the dependent variable to change. Does not change— it is controlled by the researcher.
independent
the outcome or response the researcher wants to predict or explain. Changes in this variable are presumed to be caused by the independent variable.
dependent
they can interfere with obtaining clear understanding of relational or causal dynamics in the study. They can be recognized or unrecognized and controlled or uncontrolled.
If the variable is not recognized until the study is in process or cannot be controlled, it is called a confounding variable.
An environmental variable is an uncontrolled variable relating to the setting.
extraneous
about your sample (age, sex, race, etc.)
demographic
What if you had a variable that you didn’t measure?
You can take care of this in the study design, look at the unknown and the known, the more intense study. Typically try to measure all that you know!
