Jackie Smith Puzzle Ch 1-5, 7-14, 16-18

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Across
  1. 3. Often used to avoid biases stemming from participants' or research agents' awareness of group status or study hypotheses
  2. 5. Achieved to the extent that the research methods engender confidence in the truth of the data and in the researcher's interpretations
  3. 7. Groups that require additional protection
  4. 9. Statistics that are based on laws of probability
  5. 10. The extent to which the sample is similar to the population and avoids bias
  6. 11. Systematic inquiry to develop knowledge about issues of importance to nurses
  7. 12. Measurement that classifies characteristics into mutually exclusive categories
  8. 13. Another term for concepts researchers investigate
  9. 14. Used in observations to record the occurrence or frequency of designated behaviors, events, or characteristics
  10. 15. An initiative undertaken by a panel of health measurement experts to classify and define key measurement properties
  11. 16. Research review that is a written summary of evidence on a research problem
Down
  1. 1. Makes predictions about the values of one variable based on values of a second variable
  2. 2. Reasons that an inference could be wrong
  3. 4. Term used primarily about system-wide efforts to enhance systematic change in clinical practice or policies
  4. 6. The specific query researchers want to answer in addressing the research problem
  5. 8. Designed to document the needs of a group or community