Nursing Theory and Research Terms

Data that can be linked into for use within a research study.

Individuals and/or groups accessible for a specific participation study; frequently a nonrandom division of the target population.

The correctness of the information used within the process.

Applied research that is attentive to the resolution of nursing personnel's identified challenges.

A process of organizing and synthesizing data in such a way that research questions can be answered and hypotheses can be tested.

A situation in which the identity and data provided by the research participant are shielded from everyone, including the researcher.

Research that concentrates on resolving functional questions to supply reasonably direct solutions.

A hypothesis stated in a way that indicates that the variable exist side by side and that a change in one variable is accomplished by a change in another variable.

A fundamental tenet that is recognized as truthful on the foundation of logic or reason but is devoid of evidence or confirmation.

An object, goal, or thing that obstructs or inhibits; a maximum value; a cut-off point.

The state or conduct of a participant preceding the initiation of a treatment outcome.

Research designed to generate elemental knowledge and theoretic agreement about crucial human and foundational innate processes.

Those nursing actions that produce the most desirable patient outcomes through scientific data.

Any pressure that generates an alteration in the outcomes of an inquiry.

A sample group that is analytically diverse from the target population.

Objective data that use a specialized piece of equipment to establish the physical and/or biological condition of the subjects.

The appraisal of a document in which the identities of the author and the reviewer are concealed from the other party.

Multiple identified interventions that, taken together, enhance the clinical outcomes.

A qualitative research method that concentrates on supplying a comprehensive description and scrutiny of an identified case situation.

A variable that diverges in type or kind but that has distinct values instead of values spaced along a continuum.

A type of nonexperimental research design in which the principle independent variable under investigation is a categorical variable.

A hypothesis stated in a way that indicates that one variable causes or brings about a change in another variable(s).

Statistical test employed to establish if an association recognized in a contingency table is statistically significant.

A document that has been prepared and validated to provide the acceptable management of a disease process; components of the pathway uphold standards of practice.

Defree to which a research inquiry addresses a problem of significance to the practice of nursing.

Research calculated to produce knowledge to direct nursing practice.

A research process that assesses the efficacy of an aspect of clinical management, usually in a large and heterogenous sample of participants.

A question that is set up to force specific responses through the options provided within the question.

A method of sampling in which a sizeable group is divided into consecutive subsampling of smaller units; a style of sampling in which groups are randomly selected.

Classifying portions of qualitative data with either symbols, explanatory words or categorical narrative designations.

Underlying ethical assumptions that are recognized by a discipline or organization to direct researchers; management of the research related to the safe handling of human subjects.

Related to research endeavors, the specific and/or embedded use of threats and/or disproportionate rewards to get individuals to consent to take part in a proposed study.

Several individuals presenting with a recognizable categorization or common attribute.

A design that does not entail any manipulation or control of the independent variable, such that the dependent variable is the only variable measured in two or more groups.

A company of participants whose results related to a dependent variable classification are used as a foundation for appraising the results of the grouping of designated significance; phrase employed in place of "control group" for studies not applying an exact experimental plan.

A statement that specifies the relationship between and among more than two variables.

Theoretical foundation for inspectionof specific activities or characteristics.

Characterization of the identified word, variable, or activity from the dictionary-specific explanation of the term.

Systematic concepts or beliefs that are compiled in a logical representation based on their significance to a familiar premise; a conceptual framework.

Occurring at the same time (data or processes).

Validity verification that is based on the correlation between the calculated scores and criterion scores acquired at the same time.

A range of numbers assessed from the sample that has a specific likelihood or probability of containing the population limitation.

The final limits of a confidence interval.

Protection of the study participants that results in the individuals' identities not being linked to the information they provided, meaning that the information can be provided only in the aggregate; not revealing the data collected from study participants to any person except the researcher and designated staff.

A type of extraneous variable that is not controlled for. A confounding variable regularly fluctuates with the independent variable and affects the dependent variable.

A single quantity or status of a variable.

The degree to which a higher order concept is characterized in a specific inquiry.

A person who reads, evaluates, and appraises research conclusions while endeavoring to use and employ the results in practice.

The practice of categorizing and combining qualitative results to establish the materializing premises and perceptions.

The extent to which the details in a tool effectively characterize the totality of the content that needs to be included.

A table that places data in cells produced by the juncture of two or more categorical variables.

a term that can take on a wide reange of values, such as 0-100 or larger.

The procedure for managing the extraneous influences that could affect the dependent variable.

Participants in an experiment who provide the baseline for the study, in contrast to the treatment group. Members of the control group do not receive the experimental treatment.

The process of selecting elements to be in the sample who are accessible and/or who volunteer, also called accidental sampling.

A type of construct validity.

The outcome of the calculationof the relationship between two or more observed scores.

Any of a variety of nonexperimental research designs in which the primary independent variable of interest is a quantitative variable.

The process of evaluating documents against other documents to establish the consistency within the conclusions provided.

Covered up, hidden. Covert data are collected without the subject having knowledge of the collection of information.

Based on the comparison of the tests being used with some known criterion.

The yardstick or benchmark used for predicting the accuracy of test scores.

An inpartial, analytical and reasonable appraisal of a research report.

A study based on data collected at a solitary moment in time with the intent of concluding tendencies over time.

A method for triangulating qualitative data by confirming the results through some other process.

An organized body of related information arranged for speed and access and retrieval.

The collection of information resulting from a research project.

The employment of multiple data sources and data management procedures to validate qualitative data.

An interview conducted with the participants following the initial data analysis, during which aspects of the study are exposed, rationales for the employment of deception are explained, and questions that the participants may have about the results are resolved.

The practice of drawing explicit conclusions from broad tenets.

A term that refers to characteristics of the subjects in the study.

The outcome variable that is alleged to be influenced by one or more independent variables; the presumed outcome of the study.

A research study whose foremost intention is providing the truthful depiction of the distinctiveness of persons, situations, or groups and/or an accurate explanation or representation of the condition of a state of affairs or phenomenon.

A characteristic that can be measured only in the sense that it is present or not present; often assigned a number for id purposes, rather than to represent a quantity.

A statement that predicts the path or direction that the relationship between variables will take.

A variable that can take on only a finite number of values, usually restricted to whole numbers.

The expected strength of the relationship between the research variables; used in the calculation of desired sample through power analysis.

The fundamental component that is chosen from the population.

The conditions employed by a researcher to indicate the detailed characteristics of the target population that are used to select participants for a study.

The point of view provided by the individuals directly involved in a situation.

Established by inspection, experiment, or practice (data and/or results).

A measure of reliability that is calculated in the same manner as the consistency and stability coefficients, except this time, instead of a single variable over two trials, the test is between two forms of a single test.

The difference between a factual score and an observed one.

The main beliefs, ideology, and guidelines that facilitate the maintenance of an issue that we appreciate and respect.

The practice of evaluating individuals from a diverse culture according to the priciples of the evaluator's identifiable culture.

A type of qualitative research that conscientiously illustrates the customs of a grouping of individuals.

An investigation into the cultural history of a group of people.

An appreciation for the scientific consideratin of reality from an external viewpoint.

An explanation of the social world under examination from an outsider's viewpoint.

Identification of the significance, advantage, or worth of an object being examined.

a process of utilizing confirmed evidence (research and quality improvement), decision making, and nursing expertise to guide the delivery of holistic patient care.

Characteristics that, if present, would make persons ineligible for participation in a study.

A method by which a project is quickly appraised by selected members of the full institutional review board.

A setting in which a researcher impartially scrutinizes a situation that occurs in a rigorously restricted position, with one or more variables being manipulated while others are held steady.

the practice of eradicating the degrees of difference resulting from extraneous variables.

Research in which the independent variable is manipulated, a control group is established, and randomized selection of the participants is employed to select who does and does not receive the treatment or intervention.

The participants who receive the experimental treatment or intervention.

The degree to which the analysis outcomes can be generalized to a specific group of persons, settings, times, outcomes and treatment variations.

A variable that confused the association between the independent and dependent variables; for this reason it needs to be restricted either within the research design or through statistical procedures.

The degree to which a research tool correctly reflects what it is purposed to measure.

Annotations recorded by an observer during qualitative endeavors.

A small group of people assembled to participate in a moderator-facilitated discussion geared toward the designated topic being researched.

A dialogue with a group of individuals assembled to respond and converge about a prearranged theme.

An appraisal conducted to improve the evaluation process.

The conceptual foundation of a study; sometimes classified as a theoretic framework, for projects with a connection to a definite conceptual model.

The extent to which findings from a study can be extended from a sample of a population to the population at large.

A general method for developing new theory that is grounded n data that are systematically gathered and analyzed.

A change in a dependent variable that occurs as a result of the participant's recognition that they are engaged in a study.

A diagram that reveals the frequencies and profile resulting from a quantitative variable.

Research that uses a practice of