Chapters 1-5 & 7-14 & 16-19, 21-26

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
Across
  1. 4. Original description of a study prepared by the researcher who conducted it.
  2. 5. The degree to which an instrument measures what it purports to measure.
  3. 9. Achieved through accurate measuring tools, controls over confounding variables, and powerful statistical methods.
  4. 10. Sampling to the point at which no new information is obtained and redundancy is achieved.
  5. 12. The peak is off center and one tail is longer than the other.
  6. 13. Confidence in the truth of the data and interpretations of them.
  7. 16. Stability of data over time and conditons.
  8. 21. Researchers view the text as a whole and try to capture its meanings.
  9. 23. Rank evidence sources according to the strength of the evidence they provide.
  10. 27. Seeks solutions to existing problems and tends to be of greater immediate utility of EBP.
  11. 28. Method of integrating quantitative findings statistically.
  12. 29. The process of selecting a portion of the population for a study.
  13. 31. A code that is not possible
  14. 33. Used to predict outcomes.
  15. 35. The ability of a measure to detect change over time in a construct that has changed, commensurate with the amount of change that has occurred.
  16. 36. ANOVA context, the variance is referred to as...
  17. 37. Technique of asking participants to take photographs of themselves and then interpret them.
  18. 39. Documents the extent to which the goals of the program are attained.
  19. 40. Involves judgements about whether findings from an inquiry can be extrapolated to a different setting or group of people.
  20. 41. Route respondents through different sets of questions depending on the responses.
  21. 44. 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.
  22. 45. Distribution with two peaks.
  23. 46. Reflect the ratio of two probabilities.
Down
  1. 1. Relationship where the participants in the qualitative strand are a subset of the participants in the quantitative strand.
  2. 2. Involves exposing the same people to more than one condition.
  3. 3. Tendency of observers to be influenced by one characteristic in judging other, unrelated, characteristics.
  4. 6. Influence that distorts study results.
  5. 7. Focuses on story in studies in which purpose is to explore how people make sense of events in their lives.
  6. 8. Refers to the accuracy and consistency of information obtained in a study.
  7. 11. The extent to which the sample is similar to the population and avoids bias.
  8. 14. Participants have adequate information about the research.
  9. 15. Enhances the base of knowledge or to formulate or refine a theory.
  10. 17. A design that emerges in the field as the study unfolds.
  11. 18. Statement of predicted relationships between two or more variables.
  12. 19. Observed result could reflect chance fluctuations.
  13. 20. Risks no greater than those ordinarily encountered in daily life or during routine tests or procedures.
  14. 22. Evaluations are the cornerstone.
  15. 24. Characteristic or quality that takes on different values.
  16. 25. Paradigm most often associated with Mixed Methods research.
  17. 26. A system of classifying and organizing terms.
  18. 30. A daily record of events and conversations in the field.
  19. 32. Relationship or association between two variables.
  20. 34. Specific query researchers want to answer in addressing the research problem.
  21. 38. Careful appraisal of a study's strengths and weaknesses.
  22. 42. Effects of Taking a pretest on people's performance on a posttest.
  23. 43. A listing of each variable together with information about placement in the file, codes associated with the values values of the variable, and other basic information.