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Midterm Flashcards

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Evidence Based Practice

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practices whose efficacy is supported by evidence

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Qualitative

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Used when little or nothing is known about a topic

Goal is to EXPLORE

Gain understanding from observation and in depth interview

Semi structured

Uses quotes

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Quantitative

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Focuses on expanding knowledge that already exists

Seeks to EXPLAIN

Relevant variables are used to explain relationships

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Mixed Methods Research

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When both qualitative and quantitative research methods are used

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Triangulation

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Consistency of findings through different forms of data collection

Consistent and support one another

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Theory

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Statement or set of statements designed to explain a phenomenon based on observations and experiments

Agreed upon by most experts in the field

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Deductive reasoning

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Theory then data

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Inductive data

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Data then theory

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Hypothesis

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statement about the relationship between two variables that is testable and can be accepted/rejected based on evidence

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Null

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No relationship between variables under study

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Research

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there is a relationship between variables under study

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Exploratory Research

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used with topics that are relatively new

Goal is to learn and develop understanding

Ex: little research has been conducted on “why” stalkers do the things they do

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Descriptive Research

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Defining and describing situations and events

Can be quantitative or qualitative

Typically does not address WHY question

Characterizes a group/population

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Explanatory Research

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Seeks to EXPLAIN

examine relationships between 2 or more factors

Predict how one phenomenon will change

Quantitative

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Evaluation Research

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Considers the implementation and effects of social programs and policies

Can be quantitative or qualitative

Very important that we’re able to produce evaluation research showing impact of programs

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Nuremberg Code

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1st document that defined principles to be followed for human research

1949

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National Research Act

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Addressed protection of human participants in research

1974

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Belmont Report

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Respect for individuals-protect autonomy

1979

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Informed consent

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Educating potential participants on purpose of study that it is voluntary and to obtain their permission to participate

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Beneficence

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Used to justify research

Benefits vs. risk

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Debriefing

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Fully informing subjects of the nature of the research when some depth of deception has been employed

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Justice

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Fair distribution of costs and benefits of the research

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Potential Ethical Problems

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Denial of treatment

Compensation

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Reliability

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related to how you measure your variable in your study

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Types of Reliability

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Test-retest

Equivalent form

Internal consistency

Interobserver

Intraobserver

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Test -Retest

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Consistency of the measurement from one time to the next

Will the scale generate the same results time after time?

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Equivalent Form

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Consistency between 2 versions of a measure

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Internal consistency

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Consistency among the responses to the items in a measure

It is to the extent to which responses to items measuring the same concept are associated (correlated) each other

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Interobserver

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Relates to reliability of procedures

That the two different researchers conducting observations are making reliable observations

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Intraobserver reliability

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Measure of reliability that is used when observer rates a person, place or event two or more times

Concerned with the consistency of scores

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Validity

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Measuring what we are supposed to

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Face validity

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A measure “looks like it measures what it is supposed to be measuring”

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Content validity

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Measurement includes the entire range of the concept that it is designed to measure

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Criterion validity

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Refers to the measures ability to make accurate predictions

Aka predictive validity

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Concurrent Validity

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seeing how well a measure correlates with some other measure of the same variable that is believed to be valid

2measures are taken at the same time

Correlation with a known valid measure

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Construct validity

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refers to the extent to which the items of an instrument accurately sample a construct

A construct is the concept of the characteristic of the instrument is designed to measure

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cross sectional

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Research design that looks at a group of individuals at one point in time

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Longitudinal

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Research design that follows one cohort over a period of time

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Group Research Design

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X-intervention

O-observation

R-random assignment

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Pre Experimental

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No ability to establish causality

No R

No comparison group

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