NURS 3321 module 4 reading worksheet.

NURS 3321 module 4 reading worksheet.NURS 3321 module 4 reading worksheet. Instructions to the student: The reading worksheets are designed to assist you as you review the assigned readings in your Grove, Gray, and Burns (2015) textbook for this module. Read the assigned pages below, and answer the following questions. Chapter Nine: Examining Populations and Samples in Research Samples, samples, samples! If you don’t understand the way researchers get their subjects, how will you know if you can generalize the results to your area or unit? Chapter Nine will help you to unlock the secrets of examining populations and samples in the research articles you are reading so that they will make more sense to you. • What is the difference between sample, sampling, and sampling plan or sampling method? The sample defines the selected group of people (or elements). Sampling involves selecting a group of ppl, events, behaviors, or other elements with which to conduct a study. A sampling plan or sampling method outlines the strategies used to obtain samples for studies. There are two major types of sampling plans: probability and non-probability. • Define the following terms: population, target population, and accessible population. The population is a particular group of individuals or elements (such as a group of people with Type II Diabetes) who are the focus of the research. The target population is a group of individuals who meet a particular set of sampling criteria, such as: female, 18 years or older, new diagnosis of type II diabetes, not on insulin. Accessible population: The portion of the target population to which the researcher has reasonable access. The accessible population might include elements within a country, state, city, hospital, nursing unit, or primary care clinic...such as the diabetics in a primary care clinic in Arlington, TX. • Qualitative studies call the people who participate in them _subjects are more likely to identify them as _participants . • What is generalization and why is it important?