NURS 328 - Understanding Research: Questions
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Florence Nightingale nursing research began with the famous nurse
the source of knowledge in most disciplines that is
Tradition difficult to
challenge is
the type of research that involves systematic collection
Quantitative Research
and analysis of controlled, numerical information is
the type of research that involves the systematic
Qualitative Research
collection and analysis of narrative materials is
the approach to knowledge that uses systematic,
Scientific Approach
controlled procedures is known as the
Field naturalistic inquiry always takes place in the
is a systematic inquiring that uses rigorous methods to
Research
answer questions or solve problems
systematic inquiry designed to develop knowledge
Nursing Research about issues or phenomena important to the nursing
profession and discipline
Evidence-Based Practice is broadly defined as the use of the best clinical
(EBP) evidence in making care decisions
repeating the same studies with different samples,
Replication contexts, or at different times to ensure that findings are
robust
gather and integrate research information on a given
topic to draw conclusions about the quality of the
Systematic Reviews
evidence accumulated to date; systematic reviews are
central to EBP
is a worldview; a general perspective on the
Paradigm
complexities of the "real" world
,The two broad paradigms positivist/postpositivist and naturalistic
are
refers to the positivists' belief that phenomena
Determinism (observable facts and events) are not haphazard or
random, but rather have antecedent causes
the traditional paradigm underlying the scientific
approach, which assumes that there is a fixed, orderly
Positivist Paradigm
reality that can be objectively studied; often associated
with quantitative research
a modification of the traditional positivist paradigm that
acknowledges the impossibility of total objectivity;
Postpositivist Paradigm postpositivists appreciate the impediments to knowing
reality with certainty and therefore seek probabilistic
evidence
an alternative paradigm to the traditional positivist
paradigm tat holds that there are multiple
Naturalistic Paradigm interpretations of reality, and that the goal of research is
to understand how individuals construct reality within
their context; often associated with qualitative research
are techniques researchers use to structure a study and
Research Methods to gather and analyze information relevant to the
research question(s)
is a general set of orderly, disciplined procedures used
Scientific Method
to acquire information
is rigorously gathered (e.g., evidence collected directly
Empirical Evidence or indirectly through the senses rather than through
personal hunches)
quantitative reports (and many qualitative ones)
IMRAD Format typically follow a conventional format for organizing
content
organizes material into four sections: introduction,
IMRAD
methods, results and discussion
a brief description (100-200 words) of the study placed
Abstract
at the beginning of the article
Findings the results obtained from data analysis
a procedure for testing hypotheses and evaluating the
Statistical Test
believability of the findings
, means that based on a statistical test, the findings are
Statistically Significant probably reliable and replicable with a new group of
people
an index of how probable it is that the findings are
Level of Significance
reliable
Study Participants the people being studied; quantitative study
when participants provide information by answering
Respondents
questions, as in an interview
Informants or Key participants who play an active role; qualitative study
Informants
Naturalistic Settings in the field (e.g., in people's homes)
Laboratory Settings highly controlled
the activities undertaken by researchers (usually
qualitative researchers) to collect data out in the field
Fieldwork
(e.g., in natural settings outside the research
environment)
the use of multiple sites offers a larger or more diverse
Multisite Studies
group of participants
Concept (in quantitative an abstraction based on observation of, or inferences
research) from, behaviors or characteristic (e.g., stress, pain)
Phenomena (in qualitative the abstract concept under study, most often used by
research) qualitative researchers in lieu of the term "variable"
a systematic, abstract explanation of some aspect of
Theory
reality
an attribute of a person or object that varies, that is,
Variables takes on different values (e.g., body temperature, age,
heart rate)
the presumed cause; the variable that is believed to
cause or influence the dependent variable; in
Independent Variable
experimental research, the manipulated (treatment)
variable
the presume effect; the variable hypothesized to
Dependent Variable depend on or be caused by another variable (the
independent variable; the outcome variable of interest
, the process of developing specific predictions from
Deductive Reasoning
general principles
the process of reasoning from specific observations to
Inductive Reasoning
more general rules
the abstract or theoretical meaning of the concepts
Conceptual Definition
being studied
the definition of a concept or variable in terms of the
Operational Definition
procedures by which it is to be measured
the pieces of information obtained in the course of a
Data
study (singular is datum)
the total collection of data on all variables for all study
Data Set
participants
Quantitative Data information collected in a quantified (numeric) form
information collected in narrative (non-numeric) form,
Qualitative Data
such as the transcript of an unstructured interview
Quantitative = scientific, orderly, empirical, formal,
Quantitative (Quantities)
precision
Qualitative (Qualities)
Qualitative = naturalistic, subjective, flexible, holistic
a relationship between two variables such that the
Cause-and-Effect (or presence or absence of one variable (the "cause")
causal) Relationship determines the presence or absence, or value, of the
other (the "effect")
the degree to which a study is methodologically and
Scientific Merit
conceptually sound
an important concept in quantitative research, involving
Randomness having certain features of the study established by
chance rather than by design or personal preference
the degree of consistency or dependability with which
Reliability an instrument measures the attribute it is designed to
measure
the degree to which an instrument measures what it is
Validity
intended to measure
the degree of confidence qualitative researcher have in
Trustworthiness their data, assessed using the criteria of credibility,
transferability, dependability, and confirmability
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Save
Terms in this set (460)
Florence Nightingale nursing research began with the famous nurse
the source of knowledge in most disciplines that is
Tradition difficult to
challenge is
the type of research that involves systematic collection
Quantitative Research
and analysis of controlled, numerical information is
the type of research that involves the systematic
Qualitative Research
collection and analysis of narrative materials is
the approach to knowledge that uses systematic,
Scientific Approach
controlled procedures is known as the
Field naturalistic inquiry always takes place in the
is a systematic inquiring that uses rigorous methods to
Research
answer questions or solve problems
systematic inquiry designed to develop knowledge
Nursing Research about issues or phenomena important to the nursing
profession and discipline
Evidence-Based Practice is broadly defined as the use of the best clinical
(EBP) evidence in making care decisions
repeating the same studies with different samples,
Replication contexts, or at different times to ensure that findings are
robust
gather and integrate research information on a given
topic to draw conclusions about the quality of the
Systematic Reviews
evidence accumulated to date; systematic reviews are
central to EBP
is a worldview; a general perspective on the
Paradigm
complexities of the "real" world
,The two broad paradigms positivist/postpositivist and naturalistic
are
refers to the positivists' belief that phenomena
Determinism (observable facts and events) are not haphazard or
random, but rather have antecedent causes
the traditional paradigm underlying the scientific
approach, which assumes that there is a fixed, orderly
Positivist Paradigm
reality that can be objectively studied; often associated
with quantitative research
a modification of the traditional positivist paradigm that
acknowledges the impossibility of total objectivity;
Postpositivist Paradigm postpositivists appreciate the impediments to knowing
reality with certainty and therefore seek probabilistic
evidence
an alternative paradigm to the traditional positivist
paradigm tat holds that there are multiple
Naturalistic Paradigm interpretations of reality, and that the goal of research is
to understand how individuals construct reality within
their context; often associated with qualitative research
are techniques researchers use to structure a study and
Research Methods to gather and analyze information relevant to the
research question(s)
is a general set of orderly, disciplined procedures used
Scientific Method
to acquire information
is rigorously gathered (e.g., evidence collected directly
Empirical Evidence or indirectly through the senses rather than through
personal hunches)
quantitative reports (and many qualitative ones)
IMRAD Format typically follow a conventional format for organizing
content
organizes material into four sections: introduction,
IMRAD
methods, results and discussion
a brief description (100-200 words) of the study placed
Abstract
at the beginning of the article
Findings the results obtained from data analysis
a procedure for testing hypotheses and evaluating the
Statistical Test
believability of the findings
, means that based on a statistical test, the findings are
Statistically Significant probably reliable and replicable with a new group of
people
an index of how probable it is that the findings are
Level of Significance
reliable
Study Participants the people being studied; quantitative study
when participants provide information by answering
Respondents
questions, as in an interview
Informants or Key participants who play an active role; qualitative study
Informants
Naturalistic Settings in the field (e.g., in people's homes)
Laboratory Settings highly controlled
the activities undertaken by researchers (usually
qualitative researchers) to collect data out in the field
Fieldwork
(e.g., in natural settings outside the research
environment)
the use of multiple sites offers a larger or more diverse
Multisite Studies
group of participants
Concept (in quantitative an abstraction based on observation of, or inferences
research) from, behaviors or characteristic (e.g., stress, pain)
Phenomena (in qualitative the abstract concept under study, most often used by
research) qualitative researchers in lieu of the term "variable"
a systematic, abstract explanation of some aspect of
Theory
reality
an attribute of a person or object that varies, that is,
Variables takes on different values (e.g., body temperature, age,
heart rate)
the presumed cause; the variable that is believed to
cause or influence the dependent variable; in
Independent Variable
experimental research, the manipulated (treatment)
variable
the presume effect; the variable hypothesized to
Dependent Variable depend on or be caused by another variable (the
independent variable; the outcome variable of interest
, the process of developing specific predictions from
Deductive Reasoning
general principles
the process of reasoning from specific observations to
Inductive Reasoning
more general rules
the abstract or theoretical meaning of the concepts
Conceptual Definition
being studied
the definition of a concept or variable in terms of the
Operational Definition
procedures by which it is to be measured
the pieces of information obtained in the course of a
Data
study (singular is datum)
the total collection of data on all variables for all study
Data Set
participants
Quantitative Data information collected in a quantified (numeric) form
information collected in narrative (non-numeric) form,
Qualitative Data
such as the transcript of an unstructured interview
Quantitative = scientific, orderly, empirical, formal,
Quantitative (Quantities)
precision
Qualitative (Qualities)
Qualitative = naturalistic, subjective, flexible, holistic
a relationship between two variables such that the
Cause-and-Effect (or presence or absence of one variable (the "cause")
causal) Relationship determines the presence or absence, or value, of the
other (the "effect")
the degree to which a study is methodologically and
Scientific Merit
conceptually sound
an important concept in quantitative research, involving
Randomness having certain features of the study established by
chance rather than by design or personal preference
the degree of consistency or dependability with which
Reliability an instrument measures the attribute it is designed to
measure
the degree to which an instrument measures what it is
Validity
intended to measure
the degree of confidence qualitative researcher have in
Trustworthiness their data, assessed using the criteria of credibility,
transferability, dependability, and confirmability
