Nursing 3340A/B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Inflection, Bias Of An Estimator, Hermeneutics

• School: Western University
• Department: Nursing
• Course: Nursing 3340A/B
• Professor: Maureen Loft

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Week 1 qualitative & quantitative analysis: differentiate between inductive and deductive thinking; Induction begins with concrete details and works toward abstract ideas, principles, or laws (theory building: a logical thought process in which generalizations are developed, reason moves from particular to general. Gather data (specific level of focus) look for patterns (analysis) . Deductive: deduction begins with abstract ideas and principles and works toward concrete details (theory testing & refinement, a logical thought process in which hypotheses are derived from theory, reasoning moves from the general to the particular. Hypotheses supported or not (specific level of focus: compare and contrast the ontologies and epistemologies of research paradigms; Pa(cid:396)adig(cid:373) i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)es : ontology- about the nature of reality (based on personal interpretation, reality is an o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e t(cid:396)uth(cid:895) eg. e(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g is (cid:396)elati(cid:448)e (cid:862)what is (cid:396)ealit(cid:455)(cid:863, epistemology- a set of assu(cid:373)ptio(cid:374)s a(cid:271)out the (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ship (cid:271)(cid:449) the (cid:862)k(cid:374)o(cid:449)e(cid:396)(cid:863) a(cid:374)d the (cid:862)k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:863)