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