Subjects
This concern can arise from convenience sampling, when generalization is limited.
What is representativeness?
Citing another's research and claiming it as your own
What is plagiarism?
This focuses on the description of variables or concepts, examination of relationships among variables, and determination of differences between two or more groups regarding selected variables.
What is a research question?
This research is conducted to determine whether there are relationships among variables. A large range in the variable scores is necessary to determine a relationship.
What is correlational research?
This is the variable that is manipulated in a study
This type of sampling is used when the researcher knows some of the variables in the population that are critical for achieving representativeness, such as marital status.
What is stratified random sampling
Manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results so the research is not accurately represented.
What is falsification?
Written after the research problem has been identified to make it clear to the reader.
What is the problem statement?
This type of study is considered strongest for testing the effectiveness of an intervention?
What is a randomized controlled trial?
This is the variable that is examined in a study for changes.
What is the dependent variable?
This population is the portion of the target population to which the researcher has reasonable access.
What is an accessible population?
Involves making up results and reporting them.
What is fabrication?
Blueprint for conducting a quantitative study that maximizes control over factors that could interfere with the validity of the findings.
What is the research design?
These studies are conducted to examine the end results of care.
What are outcome studies?
These variables are characteristics or attributes of subjects that are collected to describe the sample.
What are demographic variables?
This is increased when the subjects are assigned by the researcher into experimental and control groups.
What is bias?
This theory states that the purpose is to obtain trustworthy data that can be used to address the study purpose, objectives, questions, and hypotheses.
What is measurement theory?
Term for the type of study that will be conducted to examine the research problem.
What is the research proposal?
Research that is designed to determine how theory explains phenomena being studied.
What is grounded theory research?
This is determined through the research question and is a statement about the relationship among the research variables.
What is the research hypothesis?
Groups which need a legally authorized guardian to give informed consent.
When categorizing data, this term means that datum must fit into only one of the categories provided.
What are exclusive categories?
Provides the basis for developing the research purpose and identifies gaps in knowledge needed for nursing practice.
What is the research problem?
This type of research refers to data collection from the same subjects at different points in time.
What is longitudinal design research?
To improve the determinations of causality, the independent variable should be administered consistently to all subjects in this group.
What is the treatment group.