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barry 2013
research exam 1
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Criminal Justice
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05/31/2011

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theory
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foundation for science
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concept
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a word that describes an idea, observation, experience "pain" "anesthesia"
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nursing
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humans, environment, health
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epistemology
Definition
the way we come to know, the branch of philosophy hat studies knowledge
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empiricism
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john locke, the only source of knowledge that comes through our senses and experiences
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deductive reasoning
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deductive reasoning, constructs or evaluates deductive arguments, deductive arguments are said to be valid or invalid not true or false
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inductive reasoning
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involves moving from a set of specific facts to a general conclusion, a form of theory building in which specific facts are uses, creats a theory that explains relationships between the facts and allows prediction of future knowledge
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positivism
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scientific method--rejected theoretical speculation as a means of obtaining knowledge, systematic observation and the acculmulation of evidence, objecive fact within a deductive framework, thus moving from a general statement to more specific
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exploratory research
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structures, identifies new problems
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constructive research
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develops solutions to a problem
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empirical research
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tests the feasibility of solution using experimentl evidence
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primary research
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collection of data that doesnt yet exist
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secondary research
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summary, collation and or synthesis of existing research
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qualitative research
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understanding of human behavior and the reasons that goven such behavior
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quanitative research
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systematic empirical investigation of quantitative properties and phenomena and their relationships
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quantitatve analysis
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statistical analysis, uses math equations to interpret data
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nominal
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lowest scale, no comparison, lacks numerical order, magnitude or size (race)
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ordinal
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order rank, no magnitude or size, transplant recipient list
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interval
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order with equal units of measurements-- lacks an absolute zero (fahrenheit scale)
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ratio
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interval scale with true zero- example-- weight
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independent variable type
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cause, manipulated, measures, predicted, X
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dependent variable type
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effect, consequence, outcome, predicted from, criterion, Y
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descriptive data
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tool, describe, summarize, reduce, manage lg data set, numerical or graphic
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correlational stats
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data collection, 2 or more variables, ? relaitionship exists, change in one causes change in other
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data type-- discrete
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measures with limited values
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data type-- continuous
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measures with any value
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date type- ungrouped
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nonarranged measures
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data type-- grouped
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arranged measures
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mean
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average
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median
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exact middle
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mode
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most frequent
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descriptive statistics
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establish a chosen group-- not able to generalize
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inferential statistics
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eastablished likelihood, can be generalized to a larger group
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chi-square
Definition
1 nominal independent and 1 nominal dependent
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t test
Definition
independent - 1 nominal 2 groups
dependent- 1 continuous
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one way ANOVA
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independent- 1 nominal > 2 groups
dependent- 1 continuous
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two way ANOVA
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independent- 2 nominal
dependent- 1 continuous
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case study- descriptive
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develops a detailed descriptive image of the question
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case study- interpretive
Definition
classification and conceptualization of an idea
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case study- evaluation
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determines merits of best practice
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central tendencies
Definition
mean, median, mode
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chi squared
Definition
used when the dependent variable is scaled nominally to determine if an association between variables
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t- test
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used from one nominal variable for two groups
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ANOVA
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used for one nominal variable with more than two groups
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case studies lead to
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larger quantitative trails
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most nursing research is _____ research
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applied
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basic research
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research to gain knowledge for knowledge sake- how did the universe begin
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PICO
Definition
patient population
intervention of interest
comparison intervention or status
outcome
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scope and standards taskforce
Definition
anesthesia machine checkout, BIS monitors
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perioperative safety taskforce
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stress, fatigue, noise, cell phone/ texting
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infection control taskforce
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wiping off surfaces, uniforms, full barriers for epidurals
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primary source
Definition
author originated the idea, authors conducted the research, the theorist
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secondary source
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summarizes or quotes primary, interpretation of paraphrasing, used only when primary is not avaiable
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and
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reduces the number of citations
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or
Definition
less restrictive
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? for a single character withn the word
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wom?n
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* for truncation or varient spellings
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enzym*
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"XX" for searching for phrases
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spinal anethesia
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boolean operators
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define relationships between words or groups of words
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"and"
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contains all the words it separates
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"or"
Definition
contains any of the words it separates
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"Not"
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excludes the word following "not"
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"()"
Definition
used to combine boolean phrases to show order of relationship
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