Chapters 1-5 & 7-11

5. Relationship or association between two variables.
7. Evaluations are the cornerstone.
8. Statement of predicted relationships between two or more variables.
10. Specific query researchers want to answer in addressing the research problem.
12. Enhances the base of knowledge or to formulate or refine a theory.
13. Documents the extent to which the goals of the program are attained,
14. Method of integrating quantitative findings statistically.
16. Seeks solutions to existing problems and tends to be of greater immediate utility of EBP.
20. Original description of a study prepared by the researcher who conducted it.

1. Rank evidence sources according to the strength of the evidence they provide.
2. Influence that distorts study results.
3. Achieved through accurate measuring tools, controls over confounding variables, and powerful statistical methods.
4. Involves exposing the same people to more than one condition.
6. Participants have adequate information about the research.
9. Effects of Taking a pretest on people's performance on a posttest.
11. Careful appraisal of a study's strength's and weaknesses.
15. Risks no greater than those ordinarily encountered in daily life or during routine tests or procedures.
17. Focuses on the lived experiences of humans and is an approach to learning what the life experiences of people are like and what they mean.
18. Refers to the accuracy and consistency of information obtained in a study.
19. Characteristic or quality that takes on different values.