RESEARCH | PRELIM | CHAPTER 1

Nursing research

• Systemic investigation designed to develop refine and expanded nursing knowledge.

• The goal is to generate evidence-based practice that lead to better patient outcomes and advance the nursing profession

Problem tree analysis

• to understand why a key problem exist

• Explores cause-effect pathways

• Identifies soecfic causes that can be acted upon

• Identify multiple casual linkages

Oppotunity tree tool

• a problem tree involves writing causes in a negative form

• Replacinf negative statements with positive ones

• Identifies means-end relationships as opposed to cause effects.

Research gap

• problem that has not been answered

• A concept or new idea that has not been studied at all

Gap analysis

• defined as the method of assessing the difference between actual performance and expected performance

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Wjere does the research gap found?

Evidence Gap

A type of gap which is the new findings contradict established consensus.

Knowledge Gap

• A type pf gap that is lack of information or understanding in research.

Practical-Knowledge Gap

• A type of gap, deiscrepancy between theoretical knowledge and practical application.

Methodological Gap

• a type of gap that conflicts due to the influence of research methodologies on results.

Empirical Gap

• a type of gap that have no studies have emprically observed or measured a phenomenon.

Theoritical Gap

• a gap that, existing theories do not fully explain observed phenomenon or lack of development

Population Gap

• a gap that have certain populations are under-represented in research

Identifying the research title problem

The primary and basic foundation of the research.

Research problem

• conducting a study set in motion when something is perceived to exist

• Can be investigated through systematic studies.

• Question the disscrepamcy why it exist

• A statement that has at least two possible ans plausible amswers to the question

Statement of the Research Problem

• understanding and directions by scientific investigation.

• deriving a useful hypothesis.

Statement of the Problem

• Recognizes the nature of the problem

• must address the area of focus, variables, population,

  setting and methodology (IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT)

Operational

• description of how variables or concepts will be

  measured or manipulated in the study

General objectives.

states what the study expects or aims to achieve in general, broad term.

Specific objectives

• breaking down the general objective into logically smaller, interconnected parts

• addresses systematically the various aspects of the problem and key factor

• defined under statement of the problem

Hypothesis

• predictions of expected outcome

• Research expectations

Hypothesis

When you are conducting experimental research, non experimental correlational studies, the independent variables can be manipulated ans the dependent variables can be measurable, what does your study need to use?

Searching Literature

• the backbome amd general framework of research.

Theoretical framework

• the anchor of the research

• Support the conceptual framework

• research is conducted in the context of an application of a theory or a framework.

• a collection or interrelated concepts that will serve as the basis of conducting the study

Writing a theoritical framework

• explain in braod terms the foundation for the problem that exists, and describe how the proposed study leads.

• Connecting the dots between the research, the problem and the soecific target audience

conceptual framework

• the direction of the research

Identification of key concepts from the theoretical framework and the relationship among these concepts.

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2. Coercive-alienative Utilitarian-calculative Regulating moral

3. Compliance

Theoritical Framework

• Broader scope

• General less structured

• Derived from theories

• Provide basic flundation for a reseach study

Inclusion Criteria

• locale of the study respondents time and date specific criteria data gathering.

Exclusion Criteria

• not part of study locale unqualified respondents beyond time and date do not meet specific criteria not part of the data gathering procedure

Significance of the Study

• it is the most important in addressing a research problem and contributing to existing knowledge or practices in the field.

Definition of terms

• All words and phrases are clearly defined by the researcher.

Conceptual definition

• Constituted meaning of words are rated in dictionaries or books of references.

• Universal meaning

• Formal in nature and widely used

Operational Definition

• functional definition in the research and defined as how it used in the study

• application of the meaning or definition by which a variable is used in the study, clarifying its usage throughout the paper

• specific to how the researcher uses the word or group of words

Operational Definition

These are the forms of?

1. Measured Operational Definition

2. Experimental Operational Definition

Measured Operational Definition

defines how the concept (variable) is measured in the study

Experimental Operational Definition

defining the details of how the variable is manipulated in the study