K&e 2

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Full Disclosure

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A basic right, which means that deception, either by withholding information about a client's participation in a study or by giving the client false or misleading information about what participating in the study will involve, must not occur.

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Feasibility

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The availability of time as well as the material and human resources needed to investigate a research problem or question.

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Ethnography

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Research that provides a framework to focus on the culture of a group of people.

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Empirical Data

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Information collected from the observable world.

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Descriptive Statistics

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Procedures that summarize large volumes of data; used to describe and synthesize data, showing patterns and trends.

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Dependent Variable

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The behavior, characteristic, or outcome that the researcher wishes to explain or predict.

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Continuing Education (CE)

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Formalized experiences designed to enlarge the knowledge or skills of practitioners.

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Confidentiality

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Any information a subject relates will not be made public or available to others without the subject's consent.

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Grounded Theory

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Research to understand social structures and social processes; this method focuses on generation of categories or hypotheses that explain patterns of behavior of people in the study.

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Independent Variable

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The presumed cause or influence on the dependent variable.

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In-Service Education

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Education that is designed to upgrade the knowledge or skills of employees.

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Mean

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A measure of central tendency, computed by summing all scores and dividing by the number of subjects; commonly symbolized as X or M.

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Measures of Central Tendency

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Measures that describe the center of a distribution of data, denoting where most of the subjects lie; include the mean, median and mode.

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Measure of Variability

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Measures that indicate the degree of dispersion or spread of the data; include range, variance & standard deviation.

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Median

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A measure of central tendency, representing the exact middle score or value in a distribution of scores; the median is the value above and below which 50% of the scores lie.

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Mode

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The score or value that occurs most frequently in a distribution of scores

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Operational definitions

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Definitions that specify the instruments or procedures by which concepts will be measured.

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Phenomenology

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Research that investigates people's life experiences and how they interpret those experiences

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Population

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Includes all possible members of the group who meet the criteria for the study

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Range

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A measure of variability, consisting of the difference between the highest and lowest values in a distribution of scores

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Reliability

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The degree to which an instrument produces consistent results on repeated use

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Researchability

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The problem can be subjected to scientific investigation

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Right of Self-Determination

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Subjects feel free from constraints, coercian, or any undue influence to participate in a study

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Risk of Harm

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Exposure to the possibility of injury going beyond everyday situations

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Sample

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Segment of the population from whom the data will actually be collected

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Significance

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The potential to contribute to nursing science by enhancing client care, testing or generating a theory, or resolving a day-to-day clinical problem

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Variance

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A variation or deviation from a critical pathway; goals not met or interventions not performed according to the time frame.

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Validity

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The degree to which an instrument measures what it is intended to measure

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Statistically Significant

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After data has been analyzed to determine whether the results were a probability less than .05, which is considered the acceptance level of significance.

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Standard Deviation

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The most frequently used measure of variability, indicating the average to which scores deviate from the mean; commonly symbolized as SD or S.