Nursing Research Exam 1

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assumption

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A principle that is accepted as being true based on logic or reason, without proof.

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cause-probing research

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Research designed to illuminate underlying causes of phenomena.

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clinical nursing research

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Research designed to generate knowledge to guide nursing practice.

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deductive reasoning

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The process of developing specific predictions from general principles.

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determinism

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The belief that phenomena are not haphazard or random, but rather have antecedent causes; an assumption in the positivist pardigm.

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empirical evidence

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Evidence rooted in objective reality and gathered using one's senses as the basis for generating knowledge.

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evidence-based practice (EBP)

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A practice that involves making clinical decisions on the best available evidence, with an emphasis on evidence from disciplined research.

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Evidence hierarchy

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A ranked arrangement of the validity and dependability of evidence of causality based on the rigor of the method that produced it.

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Generalizability

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The degree to which the research methods justify the inference that the findings are true for a broader goup than study participants; in particular, the inference that the findings can be generalized from the sample to the population.

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inductive reasoning

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The process of reasoning from specific observations to more general rules.

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intervention research

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research involving the development, implementation, and testing of an intervention.

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naturalistic paradigm

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An alternative paradigm to the traditional positivist paradigm that holds that there are multiple interpretations of reality and that the goal of research is to understand how individuals construct reality within their context; often associated with qualitative research.

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nursing research

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systematic inquiry designed to develop knowledge about issues of importance to the nursing profession.

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Paradigm

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A way of looking at natural phenomena that encompasses a set of philosophical assumptions and that guides one's approach to inquiry.

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Positivist paradigm

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The paradigm underlying the traditional scientific approach, which assumes that there is an orderly reality that can be objectively studied; often associated with quantitative research.