Lea Pentecost Ch 1-5, 7-14, 16-19, 21-26, 29, 6 & 30

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Across
  1. 2. Collected to measure key outcomes and should occur before randomization to rule out any possibility that group assignment in itself might affect baseline measurements
  2. 5. Concerns inferences that outcomes were caused by the independent variable rather than by confounding factors
  3. 10. Attempt to describe large segments of the human experience.
  4. 11. An index describing the relationship between two dichotomous variables.
  5. 14. The degree to which conclusions can be applied to other similar people or contexts.
  6. 16. Collection of data without participants’ knowledge and consent.
  7. 19. Basic principle that is believed to be true without proof or verification
  8. 20. The study of results in a specific substantive area through analysis of the processed data.
  9. 22. A written summary of evidence on a research problem.
  10. 23. A pattern of behavior that is relevant and/or problematic for participants
  11. 24. Occurs when values are restricted at the lower end.
  12. 25. Provides a framework for studying the patterns, lifeways, and experiences of a defined cultural group in a holistic manner.
Down
  1. 1. The format which involves organizing content into four sections- Introduction, Method, Results and Discussion.
  2. 3. Analyzes the relationship between multiple independent variables and a dependent variable and yields a predictive equation.
  3. 4. A trial run in a clinical setting and evaluation of the outcome.
  4. 6. Useful to assess the “fit” between what the researcher needs and what the site has to offer
  5. 7. Specific query researchers want to answer in addressing the research problem.
  6. 8. Technique for measuring attitudes where respondents are asked to rate concepts on a series of bipolar adjectives such as good/bad, effective/ineffective, important/unimportant.
  7. 9. Assessment in which the same rater makes the measurements on two or more occasions, blinded to the ratings assigned previously.
  8. 12. The ranking of objects based on their relative standing on an attribute.
  9. 13. Involves following a person throughout a given activity or period.
  10. 15. Seeks to understand the rules, mechanisms, and structure of conversations and texts.
  11. 17. Occurs when researchers select time periods during which observations will occur.
  12. 18. Examines the quality and effectiveness of health care and nursing services.
  13. 21. Refers to the extent to which researchers fairly and faithfully show a range of different realities and convey they feeling tone of lives as they are lived.