Numbers Talk
This type of research examines relationships between or among two or more variables.
What is correlational research?
Participants, problem, or population; intervention; comparison; outcomes
What is a PICO question?
A self-report form designed to elicit information through written, verbal, or electronic responses of the study participant.
What is a survey or questionnaire?
The likelihood that the results of the statistical analysis are due to a difference between the groups rather than by chance.
What is statistical significance?
Involves selecting a group of people, events, objects, or other elements with which to conduct a study.
What is sampling (or sample)?
This term refers to the group that is not exposed to the intervention.
What is a control group?
The intended outcome of incorporating evidence-based practice into nursing.
What is improved patient outcomes?
Verbal communication between the researcher and the study participant, during which information is provided to the researcher.
What is an interview?
A conclusion or judgment based on evidence.
What is inference?
The sample and population are alike in as many ways as possible.
What is representativeness?
This type of research provides a picture of a situation as it naturally happens using numbers.
What is descriptive research?
These types of outcomes are considered sensitive because nursing care decisions and actions influence them.
What are nursing-sensitive patient outcomes?
The process of assigning numbers or values to concepts, objects, events, or situations using a set of rules.
What is measurement?
The application of information that has been acquired from a specific instance to a general situation.
What is generalization?
The researcher consciously selects certain participants, elements, events, or incidents to include in the study.
What is purposive or purposeful sampling?
This research design facilitates the examination of causality in situations in which complete control is not possible.
What is quasi-experimental research?
The evaluation of a study to determine its credibility and the meaning of the findings for nursing practice.
What is critical appraisal?
This term refers to accuracy and the extent to which the results measure what they are supposed to measure.
What is validity?
Mode, median, and mean.
What are measures of central tendency?
Characteristics that the study participant or element must possess to be part of the target population.
What is inclusion sampling criteria?
This type of experimental research randomly assigns participants into an experimental group or a control group.
What is a randomized control trial?
This type of research focuses on the effectiveness of healthcare interventions and the results of patient care.
What is outcomes research?
This term refers to consistency and the likelihood the results can be replicated under the same conditions.
What is reliability?
The ability to apply evidence from a specific study to a general situation.
What is generalization?
Participants are included in the study merely because they happen to be in the right place at the right time.
What is convenience sampling?