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What 3 components make up EBP?

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  1. Best current research
  2. clinical expertise
  3. abilities & perspectives of the client & his/her family
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What does PICO stand for?

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  1. Population
  2. Intervention
  3. Comparison
  4. Outcomes
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What is internal validity?

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how well the study is testing or describing what it reports to be testing or describing

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What is external validity?

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generalizability of the results

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What is the independent variable?

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a condition that can change behavior (intervention)

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What is the dependent variable?

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the behavior that may change (outcomes)

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What is an extraneous variable?

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other factors that can alter the dependent variable, making it difficult to understand the relationship between the independent variable & the dependent variable

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What is reliability?

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how much can can depend on a measure

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What is validity of measurement?

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how well it measures what it purports to measure

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What is content validity?

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how well the test items measure the characteristics or behaviors of interest

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What is criterion validity?

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how well the measure correlates with an outside criterion that is known to be a good indicator of the characteristic or behavior of interest

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What is construct validity?

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how well the measure reflects a theoretical construct of the characteristic of interest

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What is quantitative research?

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data is obtained using numerical measures

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What is qualitative research?

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involves exploration of factors that may underlie behavior

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What are the 3 types of quantitative research?

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  1. Experimental
  2. descriptive
  3. mixed
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What is involved in experimental research?

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the researcher manipulates one or more independent variables and observes the effect on the dependent variable

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What is involved in descriptive research?

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it is not possible for the researcher to manipulate the independent variable because it is a subject characteristic

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What are the three types of group research designs?

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  1. Between-subject
  2. within-subject
  3. both
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A between-subject group design…

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involves comparison of two or more groups of subjects

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A within-subject group design…

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the behavior of the same subjects is studied under different conditions