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5. Relationship or association between two variables.
7. Participants have adequate information about the research.
8. Rank evidence sources according to the strength of the evidence they provide.
9. Involves exposing the same people to more than one condition.
11. Original description of a study prepared by the researcher who conducted it.
13. Method of integrating quantitative findings statistically.
15. Refers to the accuracy and consistency of information obtained in a study.

1. Statement of predicted relationships between two or more variables.
2. Seeks solutions to existing problems and tends to be of greater immediate utility of EBP.
3. Enhances the base of knowledge or to formulate or refine a theory.
4. 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.
6. Specific query researchers want to answer in addressing the research problem.
10. Characteristic or quality that takes on different values.
12. Influence that distorts study results.
13. Risks no greater than those ordinarily encountered in daily life or during routine tests or procedures.
14. Careful appraisal of a study's strength's and weaknesses.