What indicates a need for further research? - ANS A gap
Most research takes place in what type of settings? - ANS Academic and
Health Care Organization settings
What is needed that is not answered in the current literature? - ANS A research question!
In order for a question to be researchable, the researcher must be able to do what? - ANS
COLLECT and ANALYZE data
Quantitative research is _____ in nature? - ANS Ectic
(an outsider's view, objective)
Research is _____ in approach - ANS DEDUCTIVE (from the top down)super broad to narrow
What environment/leadership supports research? - ANS Transformational leadership
Are the necessary ___ within the organization in place? - ANS partnerships
What is research for the sake of new knowledge? - ANS Basic research
What is research where study results reach the intended audience? - ANS Applied research
What is it called when attempting to create an internal reality of the society under study with the
methods selected? - ANS internal validity
What is the main purpose of human subjects/study participants? - ANS Protection
What is informed consent? - ANS permission granted in the knowledge of the possible
consequences, typically that which is given by a patient to a doctor for treatment with full
knowledge of the possible risks and benefits.
autonomy is provided to make the decision
Will ever academic and most healthcare settings have an IRB? - ANS YES!
What are considerations for vulnerable populations ? - ANS older people, special needs,
children, prisoners, homeless, students
What controversial topics will you avoid for study? - ANS politics, healthcare
, What does the question of the quantitative approach ask? - ANS What is it you want to know?
What is a question example for the quantitative approach? - ANS Does daily teeth brushing
reduce the risk of developing cavities?
What is a statement of predicted relationships between variable? - ANS Hypothesis
What is an educated guess? - ANS Hypothesis
What is a hypothesis example for the quantitative approach? - ANS If i brush my teeth every
day, then I will not develop cavities
What is a null hypothesis? - ANS A hypothesis stating the absence of a relationship between
the variables under study. It is used primarily in statistical testing as the hypothesis to be
rejected
What are the 5 variables in a quantitative study? - ANS Demographic, independent, dependent,
extraneous, and confounding
characteristics of the study participants - ANS demographic variable
this variable can be manipulated; cause, intervention - ANS independent variable
this variable can't be manipulated; effect, outcomes - ANS dependent variable
extraneous variable - ANS this variable can be 'adjusted' for...
knew about the variable but it is not a variable under consideration for the study
confounding variable - ANS this variable is UNPLANNED and did not know about the variable
it cannot be adjusted for
What section of an article do you want to read? - ANS Methods section
What are you going to ask for determining levels of evidence? - ANS Was there an intervention?
a control group?
how was data collected??
What are you going to look for when evaluating literature? - ANS Seek the HIGHEST LEVEL OF
EVIDENCE possible from the literature
What will you build from when developing a literature synthesis? - ANS literature matrix
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