Chapter 5 and 8

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Across
  1. 2. appraisal of the strengths and weaknesses of a study
  2. 4. Tool to eliminate bias in a quantitative research
  3. 6. accuracy and consistency of information obtained in a quantitative study
  4. 7. Operatior such as And, OR, and Not to expand or delimit search
  5. 9. This approach for searching involves using early work then seeing who cited it for more recent research.
  6. 11. used to sort data. Independent variables for this example include age, gender, or education
  7. 12. The study of the quantitative study's evidence, to see if they were unbiased and well grounded
  8. 15. Symbol such as an asterisk to search for other forms of the root word
  9. 17. Matrix that organizes information to answer the question "How have researchers studied this question?"
  10. 19. conclusion drawn from the study evidence
  11. 20. Merit that quantitative researchers use to assess the quality of a study
Down
  1. 1. Bias that consistently distorts results
  2. 3. Source that looks at studies prepared by someone other than the original researcher.
  3. 5. The use of multiple sources to draw conclusions about what is true
  4. 8. This approach involves using citations from relevant studies to track down earlier research on the same topic
  5. 10. deliberately selecting participants in such a way that the confounding variables are not related to the independent or dependent variable
  6. 13. Source that is a descriptions of studies written by the researchers who conducted them
  7. 14. one of the two well known researcher databases for nurses.
  8. 16. used to Qualitative research to analyze personal values and beliefs that could effect the data
  9. 18. Variables that contaminate a study because they are not controlled