Chapters 1-5 & 7-14 & 16-19

2. Seeks solutions to existing problems and tends to be of greater immediate utility of EBP.
5. Used to predict outcomes.
6. ANOVA context, the variance is referred to as...
7. Enhances the base of knowledge or to formulate or refine a theory.
9. Specific query researchers want to answer in addressing the research problem.
12. Effects of Taking a pretest on people's performance on a posttest.
13. Involves exposing the same people to more than one condition.
14. Route respondents through different sets of questions depending on the responses.
15. Characteristic or quality that takes on different values.
18. Observed result could reflect chance fluctuations.
21. Method of integrating quantitative findings statistically.
22. Documents the extent to which the goals of the program are attained.
26. Reflect the ratio of two probabilities.
27. Achieved through accurate measuring tools, controls over confounding variables, and powerful statistical methods.
28. Relationship or association between two variables.
29. Evaluations are the cornerstone.
32. Tendency of observers to be influenced by one characteristic in judging other, unrelated, characteristics.
33. 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.
34. The process of selecting a portion of the population for a study.

1. Participants have adequate information about the research.
3. The extent to which the sample is similar to the population and avoids bias.
4. Refers to the accuracy and consistency of information obtained in a study.
8. 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.
10. Rank evidence sources according to the strength of the evidence they provide.
11. The peak is off center and one tail is longer than the other.
16. Influence that distorts study results.
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.
19. Risks no greater than those ordinarily encountered in daily life or during routine tests or procedures.
20. The degree to which an instrument measures what it purports to measure.
23. A code that is not possible
24. Original description of a study prepared by the researcher who conducted it.
25. Careful appraisal of a study's strengths and weaknesses.
30. Distribution with two peaks.
31. Statement of predicted relationships between two or more variables.