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262 Exam 3

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characteristic of normal distribution   95% of the values within two standard deviations above and below the mean  
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bell shaped curve   normal distribution  
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statistical significance indicates   results were unlikely due to chance  
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most frequently occurring score   ,ode  
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observation method collection advantage   directly capture's behaviors  
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most stable measure of central tendency   mean  
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index of clinical significance   correlation coefficients  
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sampling   selecting a subset of the population to represent the entire population  
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distribution for the variable height in a population of adults   normally distributed  
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inferential statistics   permits researcher to draw conclusions about a population based on data from a sample  
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questionnaire that involves numbers; level of measurement   ordinal  
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mean is usually the statistic reported for which type of measure   interval, ratio  
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describe relationship between things   crosstabs table  
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purpose of ethnographic research   observe and document interactions within a culture  
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convenience sample example   patients with the same diagnosis seen on one afternoon  
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emergent design refers to research design that emerges   while researcher is in the field  
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applies to both qualitative and quantitative   cross sectional and longitudinal data collection  
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ethnographers strive to   understand human cultures  
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ethnographic studies use what data collection strategy   participant observation  
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grounded theory   uses constant comparison  
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looking at men's experiences   phenomenology  
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social processes   grounded theory  
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ideological perspective   critical ethnography, participatory action research, feminist research  
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emergent design   evolves during a study  
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evolution of nursing, research design   hisitorical  
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ethnographers learn from members to understand world view through two perspectives   emic and etic  
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approach uses set of procedures to create a theory about social processes   grounded theory  
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case study design focus   understand why an individual thinks or behaves in a particular matter  
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grand tour question phenomenology example   what was it like to live through something  
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measure of variability that takes into account all score values   standard deviation  
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theoretical sampling   choose sampling groups that will further the emerging conceptualization  
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recruiting by referral   snowball sampling  
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difficulty with convenience sampling   participants may not produce the depth of information needed  
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data collection using a topic guide; group of 5 to 10 people   focus group interview  
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samples of ten or fewer study participants   phenomenological study  
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purposive sampling   extreme case sampling, maximum variation sampling, typical case sampling  
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