EBP Chapter 1 M1 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Empirical Data | Documented evidence (data) gathered through direct observation rather than a researcher's subjective belief |
Nursing Research | A systematic process of investigating problems to gain knowledge about improving care that nurses provide |
Nursing Science | The body of knowledge that is unique to the discipline of nursing |
Qualitative Research | An approach for generating knowledge using methods of inquiry that emphasize subjectivity and the meaning of an experience for the individual |
Quantitative Research | An approach for generating knowledge based on determining how much of a given behavior, characteristic, or phenomenon is present (numbers, quantities) |
Replication | The ability of researchers to study using the same variables and methods or slight variations of them |
Research Consumer | A reader of nursing research whose objective is applying findings to nursing practice or using the findings to conduct further research |
Research Team | A group that collaborates to conduct a research project, from determining the initial research question through communicating the results |
Scientific Method | A systematic research process that involves the following steps: selecting and defining the problem, formulating research questions or hypotheses or both, collecting data, analyzing data, and reporting results |
Rigor | Striving for excellence in research, which involves discipline, scrupulous adherence to detail, and strict accuracy |
Scientific Inquiry | The process of critically analyzing data that have been gathered systematically about a particular phenomenon |
Triangulation | Use of quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data about a particular phenomenon |
Ways of Knowing (TATI) | An assortment of methods used to acquire new knowledge, including: tradition, authority, trial and error, and intuition (TATI) |
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