NURSE-UN 120 Study Guide - Final Guide: Imrad, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Significance
10 Nov 2018
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Critiquing skills: knowing what content belongs where in a research study and its purpose (aka anatomy of. Reliability (refers to the accuracy & consistency of information obtained in a study- this term if often associated with the methods used to measure variables- ex. If a thermometer alan used one minute was. 98. 1f and then 102. 5f, then the thermometer would be unreliable. Validity- broadly concerns the soundness of the study"s evidence. Another aspect of validity concerns the quality of evidence about the relationship btw. For quantitative research a big component of preventing bias is to involve randomness: another bias strategy is called blinding/masking(cid:499)- this is used to prevent biases stemming from peoples awareness. This involves concealing information from participants, data collectors, care providers or data analysts to enhance objectivity (ex. Using placebo drug: qualitative research use different criteria (& different terminology) in evaluating a study"s quality. They discuss methods of enhancing the trustworthiness of the study"s data and findings.
