Basic Definitions
Qualitative
Research Stages
Research Terms
Definitions
100
What is a way to study/understand personal experiences
What is Qualitative Research
100
Seeks to describe and understand key social psychological processes
What is grounded theory
100
1-Defining the problem to be studied 2-Doing a literature review 3-Engaging in clinical fieldwork for clinical studies 4-Developing a framework adn conceptual definitions 5-Formulating hypotheses to be tested
What is the conceptual phase
100
IMRAD
What is Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion
100
Weight is an example of:
What is a continuous variable-can take on an infinite range of variables along a continuum
200
groups that are varied in terms of attributes
What is heterogenous
200
Focuses on the lived experience of humans & wants to understand life epxeriences and what they mean
What is phenomenology
200
-selected a research design -developing intervention protocols if an experimental study -determine population -sampling plan -methods to ensure research variables -human subjects
What is the planning phase of research
200
p < 0.05
What is statistical significance
200
have a finite number of values between two points
What is a discrete variable (for example, number of children)
300
Gropus that have limited variability
What is homogeneous
300
a framework for studying the meanings adn lifeways of a culture in a holistic fashion
What is ethnography
300
-collection of data -preparing data for analysis
What is empirical phase
300
building blocks of theory
What are concepts
300
distinct categories that do not respresent a quantity
What are categorical variables
400
the behavior or characteristic the researcher is interested in explaining, predicting or affecting
What is dependent (outcome) variable
400
the name of members of the sample in qualitative research
What are key informants
400
-analyzing data through statistical analysis -interpreting results
What is the analytic phase
400
the abstract or theorectical meaning of a concept being studied
What is the conceptual definition
400
IRB
What is the institutional review board
500
the presumed caus of, antecedent to, or thought to influence outcome
What is independent variable
500
the way in which qualitative research arrives at a sample size
What is data saturation
500
-communicating findings through a research report -translating research into practice
What is the dissemination phase
500
procedures required to measure a variable
What is operational definition
500
_____________ research in which researchers actively try to change an outcome _____________ make observations about a phenomena without trying to intervene
What is experimental research What is observational (non-experimental) research