Research Methods

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Decks in this class (20)

Variables
Describe the numerical variables,
Describe the categorical variables
2  cards
Research Question
What is the secondary research qu...,
What is a primary research question
2  cards
Hypotheses
What is the alternative hypothesis,
What is the null hypothesis,
What is the outcome measure
4  cards
Validity And Reliability
What is reliability,
What is validity,
What are the different types of v...
5  cards
Sampling
What does the term target populat...,
What does the term sampling mean,
What is probability sampling
11  cards
Research Governance
What is research governance,
What is the role of the research ...,
Who is research governance for
6  cards
Ethics
What issues are there around consent,
What are the ethical consideratio...
2  cards
Research Approaches
What is the qualitative approach,
What is the quantitative approach,
What is a factorial design
3  cards
Quantitative Approach - Groups - Observational
What is the quantitative observat...,
What is the quantitative groups a...,
What are the advantages of the qu...
18  cards
Quantitative Approach - Groups - Experimental
What is the quantitative experime...,
What is the quantitative experime...,
What is the quantitative experime...
9  cards
Control Groups
What is a concurrent control group,
What is a historical control group,
What is the placebo effect
8  cards
Randomised Control Trial
What is a randomised control trial,
What factors do we need to consid...,
What is the hawthorn effect
4  cards
Quantitative Approach -Individual
Why do we study single cases,
What are the types of single case...,
What is a quantitative descriptiv...
9  cards
Secondary Research
What are the components of a syst...,
What is a systematic literature r...,
What is a narrative literature re...
5  cards
Evidence Based Practice
Why should practice be evidence b...,
What is evidence based practice,
What are clahrcs
9  cards
Critical Appraisal
Within critical appraisal what sh...
1  cards
Qualitative Research
What data collection methods do w...,
Why do we use qualitative research,
What sampling techniques do we us...
11  cards
Focus Groups
Why would we use focus groups,
What is a focus group,
What are the advantages of using ...
4  cards
PPI: Patient And Public Involvement
What are the 3 levels of user inv...,
What is patient and public involv...,
Why is user involvement important
4  cards
Act NoW Study
What is the research user group rug,
What is the aim of user involveme...,
How do the research user group he...
6  cards

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