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14 Cards in this Set
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Empirical Data |
Documented evidence (data) gathered through direct observation rather than a researcher's subjective belief. |
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Nursing Research |
A systematic process of investigating problems to gain knowledge about improving care that nurses provide. |
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Nursing Science |
The body of knowledge that is unique to the discipline of nursing. |
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Objectivity |
Ability to distance the research process as much as possible from the scientist's person beliefs, values, and attitudes |
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Qualitative Research |
An approach for generating knowledge using methods of inquiry that emphasize subjectivity and the meaning of an experience for the individual. |
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Quantitative Research |
An approach for generating knowledge based on determining how much of a given behavior, characteristic, or phenomenon is present. |
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Replication |
The ability of researchers to repeat a study using the same variables and methods or slight variations of them. |
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Research Consumer |
Readers of nursing research whose objective is to apply findings to nursing practice or to use the findings to conduct further research. |
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Research Team |
A group that collaborates to conduct a research project, from determining the initial research question through communicating the results. |
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Research Rigor |
Striving for excellence in research, which involves discipline, scrupulous adherence to detail, and strict accuracy. |
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Scientific Inquiry |
The process of analyzing data critically that have been gathered systematically about a particular phenomenon. |
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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. |
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Triangulation |
Use of quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data about a particular phenomenon. |
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Ways of knowing |
An assortment of methods used to acquire new knowledge, including tradition, authority, trial and error, and intuition. |
