Early Weeks
Worldview most closely aligned with Quantitative Research
Positivism
Control, Randomization and Manipulation of the IV are characteristics of this design
EXPERIMENTAL
Lived experiences closely associated with this type of qualitative research
Phenomenology
Handpicking participants based on the phenomena being examined
Purposive
Behaviours of study participants are affected not by the treatment itself, but by their knowledge of participating in a study
HAWTHORNE EFFECT
Systematic Quest for Knowledge
Research
Systematic Reviews
Constant comparison is used to develop and refine theoretically relevant categories in this qualitative study design
GROUNDED THEORY
Simple random sampling, stratified random sampling, systematic sample, cluster sampling
PROBABILITY SAMPLING
Critical summary of research on a topic, often prepared to put a research problem in context, highlighting knowledge gaps or to summarize existing evidence
LITERATURE REVIEW
Constructivism
Ability to apply the results of a study to other settings and/or populations
GENERALIZATION
Participant Observation is almost synonymous with this type of research
Ethnographic
Convenience sampling, snowball, purposive, theoretical sampling
Qualitative Types of Sampling
Planned integration of qualitative and quantitative data within a single study or a coordinated cluster of studies
MIXED METHODS
Research-based, decision making process utilized to guide the delivery of holistic patient care by nurses or the use of best evidence in making patient care decisions.
Evidence-Based Practice
History, Maturation, Selection and Mortality
INTERNAL VALIDITY
Criteria for Trustworthiness
CREDIBILITY - DEPENDABILITY - CONFIRMABILITY - TRANSFERABILITY
Key informants who are knowledgeable about a culture and serve as the researcher's main link are relied on by this type of researcher
Ask questions and create awareness around an issue, build commitment, promote action and pursue integration
Four Phases of Implementation of EBP
Technique used for quantitatively integrating the results of multiple studies addressing the same or similar questions
META ANALYSIS
Study design that begins with the manifestation of the outcome variable in the present and a search for a presumed cause occurring in past
RETROSPECTIVE
The process of asking study participants to review and react to emerging conceptualizations
MEMBER CHECK
First step in structuring data in qualitative research analysis
CODING
A rigorous synthesis of research findings on a particular research question, using systematic sampling and data collection procedures and a formal protocol
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW