week 3

Question 1

what is primary research literature

Answer 1

talking about literature only
ex. a scholarly article

Question 2

what is secondary research

Answer 2

synthesis of a bunch of literature together (draws on primary in order to build)
ex. literature review

Question 3

why is it important for a researcher to identify their paradigm

Answer 3

to determine any sources of bais

Question 4

how do you develop a PICo question

Answer 4

Population: identify the broad group of people your interested in studying
Interest: specific health issue/phenomonon you want to investigate
Context: setting where the study will take place

Question 5

how do you develop a PICOTS question

Answer 5

Population
Intervention/issue: specific action you’re interested in studying
Comparison: how that action compares to not doing an action at all
Outcomes: result you want to measure
Timing: duration over which the outcomes will be measured
Setting (narrows population): environment the study will take place

Question 6

what are the three vital parts of a PICOTS question

Answer 6

Population
Intervention/issue
Outcome

everything else is optional and not necessarily needed

Question 7

what is a boolean operator

Answer 7

adding “and” and “or” to a research search in order to narrow down search
also brackets
and will narrow
or will expand

Question 8

what are the three main boolean operator

Answer 8

and
or
brackets

Question 9

what is truncation

Answer 9

adding an Asterix at the end of a word to look for different endings
ex: nurs*