Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses

Sometimes, researchers divide the items on a questionnaire in half to make two versions, a technique known as split-half reliabi ...

What are the variables being measured? Does the data collection method fit with the study variables? What is the intervention? I ...

in healthcare journals (Sandelowski, 2004). Qualitative researchers collect data that are in-depth and descriptive in order to u ...

respond “yes” or “no” to a list of questions. Thoughtful consideration should be given to wording questions in a clear and conci ...

by one or two individuals. It is recommended that the researcher not be the facilitator of the group but rather an observer who ...

Researchers usually make observations in settings where research projects take place. Observations can be expensive and time con ...

Preparing to Go into the Field After consent has been obtained from participants and researchers go into the field to collect da ...

Recall the last time you performed a physical assessment on a client. What type of data were you able to gather through intervie ...

Protecting human subjects is essential throughout the data collection process. In healthcare research, subjects or participants ...

must accept that randomization occurs to better understand the differences between groups, particularly when it is not known if ...

» Data collection takes a significant amount of time and resources when conducting research. Pilot studies can help identify une ...

REFERENCES Anastasi, J., Capili, B., Kim, G., & Chung, A. (2005). Clinical trial recruitment and retention of a vulnerable p ...

Granger, B., Zhao, Y., Rogers, J., Miller, C., Gilliss, C., & Champagne, M. (2013). The language of data: Tools to translate ...

Roll, K., Stegenga, V., Hendricks-Ferguson, Y., Barnes, B., Cherven, S., Docherty, S., & Haase, J. (2013). Engaging nurses i ...

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES KEY TERMS At the end of this chapter, you will be able to: ‹ Identify the basic concepts associated with samp ...

At the end of this section, you will be able to: ‹ Identify the basic concepts associated with sampling Using Samples to Provide ...

the size of the sample, who will be eligible to be in the study, how individuals will be selected, and how they will be recruite ...

discusses the elements of a study. The term population is used appropriately when one is generalizing findings to all possible e ...

XO XO XO XO XO XO XX XX XO XO Population Representative sample Unrepresentative sample FIGURE 11-2 Representative vs. Unrepresen ...

disease such as asthma may be excluded from the study. The researcher may believe that having another chronic disease is an extr ...