Research, 10th Edition (Polit, 2026) Chapter
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What does "research" mean? - answer-to search again or examine carefully
What is the definition of "nursing research"? - answer-a scientific process that validates and
refines existing knowledge and generates new knowledge that directly and indirectly influences
nursing practice.
How is knowledge acquired in nursing? - answer-tradition, authority, borrowing from other
disciplines, trial and error, personal experience, role modeling, intuition, reasoning, and nursing
research.
What is quantitative research? - answer-a formal, objective, systematic process in which
numerical data are used to obtain information about the world.
What is qualitative research? - answer-a systematic, subjective approach to research that is
used to describe life experiences and situations and give them meaning.
What are the major categories of qualitative research? - answer-phenomenological, grounded
theory, ethnographic, exploratory-descriptive, and historical research
What are the four major categories of quantitative research? - answer-descriptive,
correlational, quasi-experimental, experimental
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