Week 2 - Nursing Research

Question 1

Research Process

Answer 1

Identify problem, discussion of problem, review literature, re-define problem, select methods, implement change

Question 2

Research Problem

Answer 2

An educational issue or problem in the study; an area of concern where there is a gap in knowledge that requires a solution that can be described, explained, or predicted to improve nursing practice

Question 3

Research topic

Answer 3

The broad subject matter being addressed in a study

Question 4

P

Answer 4

Patient population

Question 5

I

Answer 5

Intervention or area of interest

Question 6

C

Answer 6

Comparison intervention or group

Question 7

O

Answer 7

Outcome

Question 8

Hypothesis

Answer 8

A special type of proposition that can be tested empirically

Question 9

Null/Statistical hypothesis

Answer 9

There is no relationship between variable; either accept or reject

Question 10

Research Hypothesis

Answer 10

there is a relationship that exists between varibales

Question 11

Variables

Answer 11

An bservation that can be measured by assigning number to each dimension; Independeant/Dependent/Controlling/Confounding

Question 12

Independent

Answer 12

Something that is changed by the scientist

Question 13

Dependent

Answer 13

something that might be affected by the change in the independent variable

Question 14

Controlling

Answer 14

a variable that is not changed

Question 15

Confounding

Answer 15

Varibales that interfere with the relationship between the independent and dependent variables; External & Internal

Question 16

External Validity

Answer 16

Do that results apply to the broader population

Question 17

Internal Validity

Answer 17

Is the independent variable responsible for the observed changes in the dependent variable

Question 18

Counfounding variables that threaten external validity

Answer 18

Participants, sample size, data analysis

Question 19

Confounding variables that threaten Internal validity

Answer 19

Maturation, History, Instrumentation, regression to the mean, selection, Attrition, diffusion of treatment

Question 20

Maturation

Answer 20

Changes due to normal growth or predictable changes

Question 21

History

Answer 21

Changes d/t an event that occurs during the study, which might have affects on the results

Question 22

Instrumentation

Answer 22

Ant change in the calibration of the measuring instrument over the course of the study

Question 23

Regression of the Mean

Answer 23

Tendency for the participants selected b/c of the extreme scores to be less extreme on a retest

Question 24

Selection

Answer 24

Any factor that creates groups that are not equal at the start of the study

Question 25

Attrition

Answer 25

Loss of participants during a study

Question 26

Diffusion of treatment

Answer 26

Changes in participants’ behavior in one condition b/c of information they obtained about the procedures in other conditions

Question 27

Language of Theory

Answer 27

Construct, Proposition, Concepts, Metapadigm, theory

Question 28

Construct

Answer 28

Property that is neither direct or indirectly observed. Words or phrases to communicate key idea to others

Question 29

Proposition

Answer 29

Statement about the relationship between concepts

Question 30

Concepts

Answer 30

words or phrases that conveya unique idea or mental image that is revealed to theory

Question 31

Theory

Answer 31

a set of concepts that link through proposition to provide an explanation of the phenomenon

Question 32

Metapadigm

Answer 32

perspective applied to the world

Question 33

Deductive

Answer 33

Thinking that moves from the general to the particular

Question 34

Inductive

Answer 34

Thinking that moves from the particular to the general

Question 35

Empirical indicators

Answer 35

measuring tools

Question 36

Theoretical framework

Answer 36

structure for the study by linking the abstract to the empirical

Question 37

model

Answer 37

pictorial representation of the concepts and their relationships