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This type of research examines relationships between or among two or more variables.
What is correlational research?
Population; intervention/issue of interest; 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 probability level at which the results of statistical analysis are judged to indicate a difference between the groups.
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?
This type of research design incorporates both quantitative and qualitative methods.
What is mixed methods research?
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?
The term used to describe a participant's right to voluntarily decide to be a part of a research study.
What is an informed consent?
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 allows for examining causal relationships where complete control over variables is not feasible.
What is quasi-experimental research?
The intended outcome of incorporating evidence-based practice into nursing.
What is improved patient outcomes?
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?
A comprehensive synthesis of existing research studies on a specific topic to identify the best research evidence available.
What is a systematic review?
This term refers to consistency and the likelihood the results can be replicated under the same conditions.
What is reliability?
This variable is the factor being manipulated or introduced in a study to observe its effect on the outcome, such as a fall prevention program in elderly patients.
What is the independent variable?
Participants are included in the study merely because they happen to be in the right place at the right time.
What is convenience sampling?