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NPTE Research & EBP

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Historical research   investigates data sources for authenticity and worth  
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descriptive research   collects data about conditions, attitudes or charactheristics of a group  
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types of descriptive research   case studies, developmental, longitudinal, normative, qualitative  
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case studies   investigation of individual, group  
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developmental R   studies of behaviors that differentiate individuals at different ages, growth, maturation  
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longitudinal studies   changes over time  
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normative R   standards of behavior, standard values of given characteristics  
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qualitative R   seeks facts or causes of social phenomena  
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Correlational R   determine relationship between 2 variables  
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Limitation of correlational R   cannot establish cause & effect, may fail to consider all variables in relationship  
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Correlation coefficient   degree of relationship between variables  
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Correl Coeff near +1.00   positively correlated  
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Correl Coeff near 0.00   variables not related  
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Correl Coeff near -1.00   inversely correlated  
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Types of correlational R   retrospective, prospective, descriptive, predictive  
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Retrospective R   investigates data collected in past  
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Prospective R   investigation of current data  
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Descriptive R   investigation of several variabless, determines existing relationships among variables  
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Predictive R   useful to develop predictive models  
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Experimental R   attempts to define a cause and effect relationship by group comparisons  
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Types of experimental R   True experimental, cohort design, within subject (repeated measures), between subject design, single subject design, factorial design  
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True experimental design   random assignment into experiemental or control group  
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Cohort design   quasi-experimental design. Subjects ID and followed over time for changes following intervention. Lacks randomization, may not have a control group  
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Within Subject Design   AKA Repeated Measures. subjects serve as own controls, random assignment to tx or no tx.  
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Between Subject Design   comparisons made between groups  
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Single Subject Experimental design   involves a sample of one with repeated measurements and design phases (AB, ABA, ABAB)  
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A-B design   SSED - 2 phases - a pretreatment and a treatment phase.  
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A-B-A design   Baseline phase, treatment phase, second baseline phase  
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A-B-A-B design   baseline, treatment, baseline, treatment  
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Factorial Design   number of independent variables utilized  
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Causal-Comparative R   attempts to define a cause-effect relationship through group comparisons  
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Ex post facto R   independent variable has already occurred and cannot be manipulated. Groups compared based on dependent variable  
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Epidemiology R   study of disease frequency & distribution  
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