Definitions Flashcards
reductionism
the research focus’ on a tiny aspect of a hypothesised causal system
conceptual quantitive
- focused on understanding facts about reality and causal relationship
- assumes a fixed and measurable relationship
methodological quantitative
data collected by measuring things, then statistically analysed.- finding are reported using quantitative data
- large samples
methodological qualitative
- data collected through ons and interviews
- data analysed by emerging themes
- data reported in participants own words
conceptual qualitative
focused on understanding reality from peoples own perspective and experiences
- assumes reality is dynamic and negotiated
positivistic
quantitative
naturalistic
qualitative
Occams razor
the number of entities used to explain phenomena should not be increased unnecessarily
the more assumptions you have to make
the more unlikely the explanation is
KISS stands for
keep it simple stupid
opportunity cost
the next best use to which resources could have been out, if they had not been consumed in this activity
economics
the study of how men and society choose to employ scarce resources that could have alternative uses.
to produce commodities and distribute them for consumption, now or in the future among various groups
health economics
the application of economic theory models of empirical techniques to analyse decision making by individuals, health care profession and governments with respect to health care
number needed to treat
how many people do we need to give the intervention to before one of them actually has the desired output e.g. lower bp
e.g. how many people do we need to take cigarettes from to prevent one lung cancer
equation for NNT
1/ absolute risk difference
- lower the number the better
