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Exam 2- bold definitions from book (chapter 12-20) Flashcards

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Deductive reasoning

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reasoning that moves from general claims or premises to particular conclusions

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Descriptive Reasoning

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reasoning that describes lived experiences and relies on descriptions of observation

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Survey

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a technique of descriptive research that seeks to determine present practices or opinions of a population; it can take the form of a questionnaire, interview, or normative survey

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Questionnnaire

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a paper and pencil or electronic survey used in descriptive research in which information is obtained by asking participants to respond to questions rather than by observing their behavior

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interview

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a survey technique similar to the questionnaire except that participants are questioned and respond orally rather than in writing.

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Scaled items

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a type of closed question that requires participants to indicate the strength of their agreement or disagreement with some statement or the relative frequency of some behavior.

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categorical response

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a type of closed question that offers only tow responses, such as yes or no.

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cover letter

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the letter attached to a survey that explains the purposes and importance of the survey.

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Normative survey

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a survey method that involves establishing norms for abilities, performances, beliefs, and attitudes.

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Developmental research

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the study of changes in behaviors across years

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Case study

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a form of descriptive research in which a single case is studied in depth to reach a greater understanding about other similar cases.

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Job Analysis

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a type of case study that determines the nature of a particular job and the types of training preparation, skills, working conditions, and attitudes necessary for success in the jobs

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Narrative method

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a method of recording in observation research in which researchers describe their observations as they occur; also called continual recording method.

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Tallying method

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a method of recording in observational research in which researchers record each occurrence of a clearly defined behavior within a certain period; also called frequency- counting methods.

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Interval method

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a method of recording in observational research that is used when counting individual occurrences is difficult; the researcher records whether the behavior in question occurs in a certain interval of time.

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duration method

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a method of recording in observational research in which the researcher used a stopwatch or other timing device to record how much time a participant spends engaged in a particular ehairo

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Correlation research

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research that explores relationships among variables and that sometimes involves the prediction of a criterion variable.

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Risk Factor

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a exposure that has been found to be a determinant of a disease outcome or healthy behavior.

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Exposure

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Factor (variables) in epidemiological studies that are tested for their relationship with the outcome of interst

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Determinant

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a factor that changes a characterisitic

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Analytical designs

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studies that test hypotheses about causal links between exposure and mortality and incidence outcomes. using only observational research.

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cohort study design

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a study design that involves the examination of a large disease free population over a period of several years.

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Recall bias

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systematic errors introduced by differences in recall accuracy between comparison groups ( between case and controls.)

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Clinical trials

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trials focused on changing health at the individual level

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community trials

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randomized trails focused on changing behaviors in communities

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Placebo

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a method of controlling a threat to internal validity in which a control group receives a false treatment while the experimental group receives the real treatment.

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Blind setup

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a method of controlling a threat to internal validity in which participants do not know whether they are receiving the experimental or control treatment

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Double blind setup

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a method of controlling a threat to internal validity in which neither the participant nor the experimenter knows which treatment the participants is receiving.

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Preexperimental design

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one of three types of research design that control few of the sources of invalidity and that do not have random assignments of participants to groups: one shot study, one group pretest posttest design, and static group comparison.

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Quasi experimental design

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a research design in which the experimenter tries to fit the design to real world setting while still controlling as many of the threats to internal validity as possible

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Focus group

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a small group of people interviewed about a specific topic as method of qualitative research

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Analytical narrative

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a short interpretive description of an event or situation used in qualitative research; also called analytical memoing

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narrative vignette

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a component of a qualitative research report that give detailed description of an event, including what people say, do, think, and feel in that setting

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trustworthiness

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a quality achieved in a study when the data collected generally are applicable, consistent, and neutral

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Critical theory

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qualitative research based on value judgments.

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Sequential mixed methods

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a study design in which either the quantitative or qualitative component comes first and then is followed by the other components

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parallel mixed methods

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a study design in which the quantitative and qualitative components occur at the same time or independently; also called concurrent mixed methods.

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Credibility

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A quality achieved when the participants and setting of a study are accurately described

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Transferability

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in qualitative research a quality achieved when the results have the potential to be transferred to other settings.

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Dependability

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a characteristic that addresses the quality of the data in a qualitative study, including how well the researchers deals with change.

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Confirmability

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a characteristic of qualitative research that addresses whether another can place faith in the results.

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theory

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an explanation of some aspect of some aspect of practice that permits the researcher to draw inferences about future happenings.

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True experimental design

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any design used in experimental research in which groups are randomly formed and that controls most sources of invalidity

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expectancy

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a threat to internal validity in which the researcher anticipates that certain behaviors or results will occur

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Selection bias

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systematic errors introduced by differences in the characteristics of subjects entering a study

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bias

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the systematic deviation of a calculated (estimate) value from the true value.

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confounding factor

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a factor that obscures the true relationship between an exposure and outcome of interest.

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Case control study

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a study that involves the identification of causally related factors for disease outcome in population with and without disease.

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odds ratio

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a measure of the exposure disease relationship typically employed in case control studies

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Relative risk

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a measure of the association of the exposure disease relationship typically employed in cohort studies

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Cohort

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a group of individuals who are followed over a period of time

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Outcome

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the dependent variable in an analysis

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Longitudinal studies

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research in which the same participants are studied over a period of years

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cross sectional studies

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research in which samples of participants from different age group are selected to assess the effects of maturation.

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cohort problem

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a problem in cross sectional design concerning whether all the age groups are really form the same populations.

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Delphi survery method

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a survey method that uses a series of questionnaires in such a way that the respondents (usually experts) reach a consensus about the subject.

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Open ended question

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a category of question in questionnaires and interviews that allows the respondent considerable latitude to express feelings and expand on ideas

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closed question

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a category of question in questionnaires and interviews that requires a specific response and that often takes the form of rankings, scaled items, or categorical responses.

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ranking

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a type of closed question that forces the respondent to place responses in a rank order according to some criterion.

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Meta analysis

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a technique of literature review that contains a definitive methodology and quantifies the results of various studies to a standard metric that allows the use of statistical techniques as a means of analysis.

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Speculation

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claims about subjects, such as values, that are significant to humans but cannot be forcefully defended.

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critical reasoning

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an activity intended to show reasoning errors, faulty claims, and misplaced beliefs.

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Inductive reasoning

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reasoning that moves from observation of a few samples or exemplars to a statement of general conclusion. it typically asks, what commonalities exist in the samples or exemplars being studied

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Objective inquiry

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a form of inquiry aimed at producing universal knowledge that accurately describes reality. it works to eliminate biases from language, history, socialization, or any other influences that would relativize truth claims to a time, a place, or personal perspectives

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subjective inquiry

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a form of inquiry that takes personal experience and individual preferences seriously. it speaks to the act that people are not entirely alike, that individual perspectives and personal backgrounds matter.

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normative inquiry

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a form of inquiry that seeks to challenge, reinforce or apply the norms or ideal standards of a culture, which recommend behavior, promote action, indicate how life ought to be lived.

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Authenticity

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the state of being true and legitimate

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Paradigm

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an assumption about the nature of reality and the appropriate methodological approach in gathering and analyzing data.

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