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12 Cards in this Set
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data or information are directly collected from the subjects of the study. |
Primary data |
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data or information are collected from records of other institutions. |
Secondary data |
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Manner of collecting data? |
Back (Definition)
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Criteria for Appropriate Methods of Data Collection |
1. Accuracy 2. Practicability |
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Characteristics of accuracy? |
1) validity 2) objective 3) Precision, repeatability or reliability |
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the ability to measure what it is supposed to measure. |
Validity |
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Validity is related to what factors |
Back (Definition) 1) sensitivity 2)specificity 3)positive predictive value |
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ability of device to give the same or identical results when the test is done on the same subject by different observers |
Objective |
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ability of the measuring device to give consistent results |
Precision |
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refers to the overall ease or difficulty in use of method. |
Practicability |
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What is practicability in research? |
Back (Definition) a. require reasonable or available resourcesb. use procedures acceptable to the subjectsc. enable coverage of the study population. |
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Sources of inaccuracies |
Back (Definition)fc |