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Kozier Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Question | Answer |
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Evidence-based practice EBP | is clincal decision making based on the stimultaneous use of the best evidence, clinical expertise, and client's values |
Quantitive Research | entails the systeatic collection, statisical analysis and interpretation of numerical data |
Extraneous variables | Any variable that could influence the results of the study other than the specific variable being studied for their influence |
Logical Positivism | maintains tat "truth" is absolute and can be discovered by careful measurement |
Qualitative Research | the systematic collection and thematic analysis of narrative data. |
Naturalism | or constructivism, which maintain that reality is relatively or contextual and constructed by individual who are experiencing a phenomenon |
Phenomenology | focuses on lived experiences |
Ethnography | focuses on cultural patterns of thoughts and behaviors |
Grounded Theory | focuses on social processes |
Research Process | entails using forma and systematic processes to address problems and answer questions |
Dependent variable | a behavior, characteristic or outcome that the researcher wishes to explain or predict |
Independent Variable | the presumed cause of or influence on the dependent variable |
Methodology | can be thought of as it logistics/mechanics |