Portney Ch 20 Flashcards
qualitative, describes populations
descriptive research
observational, finds relationships
exploratory research
expertimental, cause and effect
explanatory
types of descriptive research
●Developmental research
●Normative research
●Descriptive surveys
●Case reports
●Historical research
●Qualitative research
The description of developmental change and the sequencing of behaviors in people over time
developmental research
two types of devlopmental research
longitudinal
cross-sectional
The purpose is to describe typical or standard values for characteristics of a given population.
normative studies
within normative studies, norms are usually expressed as…
averages or percentiles
normative studies invovle what two things?
physicosocial standards
standardized measures of perfromance
An attempt to provide an overall picture of a group’s characteristics, attitudes, or behaviors, with the purpose of describing characteristics or risk factors for disease or dysfunction.
descriptive surveys
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) are examples of what?
descriptive studies
A detailed description of an individual’s condition or response to treatment. May also focus on a group, institution, or other social unit, such as a school, healthcare setting, or community.
●Prospective or retrospective
●Limited external validity
case reports
Purposes of Case Reports
identifying new diseases or lead to unknown casues
innovative tx approaches
dx of rare conditions
application of theory
generating hypotheses
Format of Case Reports
●Title
●Abstract
●Introduction
●Case description
●Intervention
●Outcomes
●Discussion
●Summary and conclusions
The critical review of events, documents, literature, and other sources of data to reconstruct the past in an effort to understand how and why past events occurred, and how that understanding can influence current practice.
invovles sysnthesis of historical data
historical research
