Operational definition
Randomization
Sensitivity
Clinical significance
Ethnography
Type II error
Specificity
Grounded theory
Example of a descriptive statistic
Quality improvement
Dissemination
Counterfactual
Quantitative research
Variables
Null hypothesis
Conceptual definition
Confidentiality
Evidence based practice
Qualitative research
Example of inferential statistic
Type 1 error
Characteristics that take on different values
An instruments ability to identify a case correctly
The study of the meanings, patterns and lifeways of a culture
Ability of the instrument to identify non-cases correctly
The meaning of the variable being studied
Letting others know research results
Measures are in place to safeguard participants data
Aims to understand overall understanding of social psychological processes
What would happen if you were both exposed and not exposed to a casual factor
Use of the most current and accurate information for making clinical decisions
Results indicate a significant difference between those who use and those who abstain from marijuana (t=5.43, p=.003)
Makes practices and processes within an organization better
Occurs when you accept the null but it was false
Collection and analysis of narrative information
Makes groups comparable at the outset of a study
Participants included N=45 males and N=55 females.
Specifies how a variable will be measured
Occurs when you reject the null hypothesis when it was true
Collection and analysis of numerical information
The assumption that there is no relationship between variables
Practical importance of research results
