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NURS 262 Exam 3
262 Exam 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| characteristic of normal distribution | 95% of the values within two standard deviations above and below the mean |
| bell shaped curve | normal distribution |
| statistical significance indicates | results were unlikely due to chance |
| most frequently occurring score | ,ode |
| observation method collection advantage | directly capture's behaviors |
| most stable measure of central tendency | mean |
| index of clinical significance | correlation coefficients |
| sampling | selecting a subset of the population to represent the entire population |
| distribution for the variable height in a population of adults | normally distributed |
| inferential statistics | permits researcher to draw conclusions about a population based on data from a sample |
| questionnaire that involves numbers; level of measurement | ordinal |
| mean is usually the statistic reported for which type of measure | interval, ratio |
| describe relationship between things | crosstabs table |
| purpose of ethnographic research | observe and document interactions within a culture |
| convenience sample example | patients with the same diagnosis seen on one afternoon |
| emergent design refers to research design that emerges | while researcher is in the field |
| applies to both qualitative and quantitative | cross sectional and longitudinal data collection |
| ethnographers strive to | understand human cultures |
| ethnographic studies use what data collection strategy | participant observation |
| grounded theory | uses constant comparison |
| looking at men's experiences | phenomenology |
| social processes | grounded theory |
| ideological perspective | critical ethnography, participatory action research, feminist research |
| emergent design | evolves during a study |
| evolution of nursing, research design | hisitorical |
| ethnographers learn from members to understand world view through two perspectives | emic and etic |
| approach uses set of procedures to create a theory about social processes | grounded theory |
| case study design focus | understand why an individual thinks or behaves in a particular matter |
| grand tour question phenomenology example | what was it like to live through something |
| measure of variability that takes into account all score values | standard deviation |
| theoretical sampling | choose sampling groups that will further the emerging conceptualization |
| recruiting by referral | snowball sampling |
| difficulty with convenience sampling | participants may not produce the depth of information needed |
| data collection using a topic guide; group of 5 to 10 people | focus group interview |
| samples of ten or fewer study participants | phenomenological study |
| purposive sampling | extreme case sampling, maximum variation sampling, typical case sampling |
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