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Kozier Chapter 2
Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |