Research Flashcards
Research is:
never ending process for curious individuals
qualitative research
thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and experiences
quantitative research
data (numeric)
basic research
new knowledge and foundational information
applied research
builds on basic research to solve a real life problem
observational research
watch participants without influencing anything
intervention research
apply a treatment to determine its effect
cross sectional research
short snapshot in time
longitudinal research
long period of time
repeated measures design
measure the same variables on the same participants across multiple time points
validity
tools that measure what they say they will
reliability
produce consistent results (right or wrong)
hypothesis
prediction of study outcome
null hypothesis
says no difference will exist
alternative hypothesis
says a different association will exist
peer reviewer
identifies areas for improvement
journals
publications of scientific findings on a topic
invited review
only reviewed by a content expert editor
non refereed
no extensive review process
database
a collection of articles (google scholar, PubMed)
original research articles
written explanation of an experiment
review article
article focused in identifying trends and patterns
meta-analysis
article that puts a numerical to research trends using statistics
