Research Overview
Structures & Diagrams
Things to Know
Numbers & Statistics
Words & Stories
100
An acronym describing important components in a research question
What is PIO or PICO?
100
The basic building blocks of conceptual models and theories
What are concepts?
100
These are influences that may cause distortions in the study results
What are biases?
100
Quantitative studies where there is no intervention
What is nonexperimental/observational research?
100
This is a review of qualitative articles
What is metasynthesis?
200
The highest level of evidence on the evidence hierarchy
What is a systematic review of RCTs?
200
These explain how phenomena are related
What are theories?
200
This technique is sometimes used in studies to avoid biases from participants who know they're in an intervention
What is blinding?
200
This is a review of quantitative articles
What is meta-analysis?
200
A term describing the flexible and changing design in qualitative research
What is emergent design?
300
The paradigm which assumes one objective reality exists
What is positivist paradigm?
300
This model is used to explain people's health behavior, where the person's beliefs and perceptions influence behavior
What is the Health Belief Model?
300
This is a statement predicting the direction of relationships between concepts/variables
What is a directional hypothesis?
300
Behaviors or characteristics the researcher wants to explain or predict
What is the dependent or outcome variable?
300
When this occurs the information you collect is no longer new and you can stop collecting data
What is data saturation?
400
The paradigm where reality exists within a context - there are multiple interpretations of reality
What is the constructivist paradigm?
400
This model is useful for conceptualizing the process of behavior change
What is the Transtheoretical Model or Stages of Change?
400
This is a summary of the overall study goal, identifying the key concepts and study population
What is a statement of purpose?
400
This defines how conceptual variables will be measured
What is an operational definition?
400
Studying processes and social interactions between humans
What is grounded theory?
500
These 2 terms describe the use and translation of research into practice, however one asks the questions - "how can I put this research into good use?" and the other asks - "what does research say about how to solve this clinical problem?"
What is Research Utilization and EBP?
500
This model explains how individuals promote healthy behaviors by developing resources to maintain one's well being
What is the Health Promotion Model?
500
This describes the nature, context, and significance for the study. It gives an argument to explain the need for the study.
What is a problem statement?
500
The goal of quantitative studies - to apply findings to other groups and settings
What is generalizability?
500
Studying the lived experiences of humans
What is phenomenology?
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