Chapters 1-5 & 7-14 & 16

3. The process of selecting a portion of the population for a study.
7. Specific query researchers want to answer in addressing the research problem.
13. Refers to the accuracy and consistency of information obtained in a study.
15. 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.
16. Rank evidence sources according to the strength of the evidence they provide.
17. Distribution with two peaks.
18. Involves exposing the same people to more than one condition.
20. Method of integrating quantitative findings statistically.
22. Risks no greater than those ordinarily encountered in daily life or during routine tests or procedures.
23. Original description of a study prepared by the researcher who conducted it.
25. Effects of Taking a pretest on people's performance on a posttest.
26. Tendency of observers to be influenced by one characteristic in judging other, unrelated, characteristics.
28. Influence that distorts study results.

1. 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.
2. Route respondents through different sets of questions depending on the responses.
4. The extent to which the sample is similar to the population and avoids bias.
5. Enhances the base of knowledge or to formulate or refine a theory.
6. Documents the extent to which the goals of the program are attained.
8. Evaluations are the cornerstone.
9. Seeks solutions to existing problems and tends to be of greater immediate utility of EBP.
10. The peak is off center and one tail is longer than the other.
11. Statement of predicted relationships between two or more variables.
12. Participants have adequate information about the research.
14. The degree to which an instrument measures what it purports to measure.
19. Relationship or association between two variables.
21. Characteristic or quality that takes on different values.
24. Achieved through accurate measuring tools, controls over confounding variables, and powerful statistical methods.
27. Careful appraisal of a study's strengths and weaknesses.