crossword

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The paradigm that is the basis for most qualitative research

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Constructivist

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A paradigm based on objective observation

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Positivist

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Where the reader would find a description of the instruments used for data collection

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Methods

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Tested through Empirical or Quantitative research

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Hypothesis

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Can assess differences or cause - effect relationships

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Quantitative

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One’s philosophical belief or world view

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Paradigm

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A qualitative approach to research

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Inductive

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The environment where a phenomenon occurs

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Context

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The overall blueprint for a research study

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Design

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Using more than one method to investigate a phenomena

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Triangulation

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A quantitative approach to research

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Deductive

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A brief overview of the study including the findings

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Abstract

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Used in Quantitative research to analyze data

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Statistics

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A hypothesis with at least 2 independent or dependent variables

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Complex

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The statement of the aims of the study

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Purpose

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The properties that researchers study

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Variables

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Demonstrating a relationship between variables

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Associative

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Another name for null hypothesis

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Statistical

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A prediction of the relationship of variables

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Hypothesis

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A hypothesis that can be either directional or nondirectional

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Research

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A hypothesis with no stated relationship

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null

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Component of problem statement

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nature of problem, context and significance

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A hypothesis describing a positive relationship

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Directional

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A hypothesis with 1 independent and 1 dependent variable

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Simple

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Having measurable components

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Testable

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Theories tested/supported across disciplines

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Shared

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Sources from someone other than the researcher

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Secondary

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Use cultural theories in research

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Ethnographers

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The most commonly used database

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CINAHL

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Frameworks based on concepts

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Conceptual

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Overall conceptual underpinnings

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Framework

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Sources from the researcher

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Primary

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Interpretation of qualitative findings

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Metasynthesis

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Integration of quantitative findings

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Metaanalysis

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Visual or symbolic representation of phenomena

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Model

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Fraeworks based on theory

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Theoretical

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Theories used from other disciplines

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Borrowed

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Abstract generalizations about phenomena

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Theory

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Little differences among a sample group

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Homogeneous

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Make of a population of study

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Elements

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Sampling through social networking

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Snowball

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The point where data collection is repetitive

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Saturation

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Similar to stratified sampling but is non random

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Quota

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Met through inclusion criteria

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Eligibility

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Sampling strategy where each element has an equal chance of being included

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Random (Probability)

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Differences among a sample group

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Heterogeneity

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Exclusion criteria

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Deliminations

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Population is divided into homogenous subgroups

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Stratified

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A sampling method that uses sampling intervals

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Systematic

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Containing certain properties of charcteristics that the researcher wants to study

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Population

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Small study conducted prior to a larger study

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Pilot Study

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Properties that the researchers study

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Variables

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Independent variable is symbolized as

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X

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Dependent variable is symbolized as

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Y

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Research questions are articulated in the

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Problem statement

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Literature review is more valuable in:

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Quantitative Studies

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A well defined set that has certain properties

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Population

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Purpose is synonymous with which terms

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Objectives and Aims. POA

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No relationship/No difference between independent and dependent variable =

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Null Hypothesis

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"There will be a difference"

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Non-Directional

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Uses words such as: greater than, less than, positively, negatively

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Directional

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All research is based on __ ___ about the world

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Philosophical beliefs

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Goals or specific objectives of the research

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Aim of Inquiry

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Personal, social, and political environment in which a phenomenon occurs

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Context

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Personal Beliefs of the researcher

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Values

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Includes the view that truth varies and is subjective

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Epistemology

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Set of interrelated concepts that provides a systematic view of a phenomenon

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Theory

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A symbolic representation o a set of concepts that is created to depict relationship

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Model

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Elements that can be observed through the senses

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Variables

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Image or symbolic representation of an abstract idea

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Concept