Chapters 1-5 & 7-13

1. The process of selecting a portion of the population for a study.
5. Original description of a study prepared by the researcher who conducted it.
7. The extent to which the sample is similar to the population and avoids bias.
10. Characteristic or quality that takes on different values.
12. Enhances the base of knowledge or to formulate or refine a theory.
13. Method of integrating quantitative findings statistically.
15. Relationship or association between two variables.
18. Specific query researchers want to answer in addressing the research problem.
20. Statement of predicted relationships between two or more variables.
21. Route respondents through different sets of questions depending on the responses.
23. Risks no greater than those ordinarily encountered in daily life or during routine tests or procedures.
24. Achieved through accurate measuring tools, controls over confounding variables, and powerful statistical methods.

2. Seeks solutions to existing problems and tends to be of greater immediate utility of EBP.
3. Evaluations are the cornerstone.
4. Documents the extent to which the goals of the program are attained.
6. Refers to the accuracy and consistency of information obtained in a study.
8. Rank evidence sources according to the strength of the evidence they provide.
9. 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.
11. Influence that distorts study results.
14. Careful appraisal of a study's strengths and weaknesses.
16. Effects of Taking a pretest on people's performance on a posttest.
17. Participants have adequate information about the research.
19. Involves exposing the same people to more than one condition.
22. Tendency of observers to be influenced by one characteristic in judging other, unrelated, characteristics.