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Anonymity - CORRECT ANSWER: Even researcher is unable to link participants to their data
Background questions - CORRECT ANSWER: Foundational
Bias - CORRECT ANSWER: An influence producing a distortion in study results
Examples of factors creating bias:
-Lack of participants' candor
-Faulty methods of data collection
-Researcher's preconceptions
-Participants' awareness of being in a special study
-Faulty study design
Categorical variables - CORRECT ANSWER: (e.g., marital status, gender) represent distinct
groups
Cause-and-effect relationship - CORRECT ANSWER: causal (e.g., cigarette smoking and lung
cancer)
Certificate of Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWER: A certificate obtained to prevent forced
disclosure of confidential information to authorities
Components of a Problem Statement - CORRECT ANSWER: Identification of the problem
(What is wrong with the current situation?)
, Background (What is the nature or context of the problem?)
Scope (How big is the problem, and how many people are affected?)
Consequences (What are the consequences of not fixing the problem)?
Knowledge gaps (What information about the problem is lacking?)
Proposed solution (How will the study contribute to the problem's solution?)
Conceptual definition - CORRECT ANSWER: the abstract or theoretical meaning of a concept
being studied
"Pain is whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever he says it does." (Margo
McCaffrey, 1968)
Confidentiality Pledge - CORRECT ANSWER: A promise to safeguard data and identifying
information from others
Continuous variables - CORRECT ANSWER: (e.g. height, weight) can assume different values
between each point
De-identification - CORRECT ANSWER: Code used instead of name or other identifiers
Directional hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER: Predicts the direction of a relationship
Discussion - CORRECT ANSWER: -Interpretation of the results
-Implications for nursing practice and for further research
-Study limitations