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Convenience Sampling Ans✓✓✓ sampling strategy when a researcher
selects subjects that are easily accessible to participate in a study
Convenience Sampling Ans✓✓✓ a nonprobility method of selecting a
sample that includes subjects who are conveniently available to the
reseracher.
Bracketing Ans✓✓✓ a term used to control bias. A method of limiting
the effects of researcher bias and setting them aside by demonstrating
awareness of potential suppositions of the researcher.
Audit trail Ans✓✓✓ Detailed documentation of sources of information,
data, and design decisions related to a qualitative research study.
Triangulaton Ans✓✓✓ A means of enhancing credibility by cross-
checking information and conclusions, using multiple data sources,
using multiple research methods or researchers to study the
phenomenon, or using multiple theories and perspectives to help
interpret the data.
attrition Ans✓✓✓ A threat to internal validity resulting from loss of
subjects during a study.
, bar chart Ans✓✓✓ A graphic presentation for nominal or ordinal data
that represents the categories on the horizontal axis and frequency on the
vertical axis.
mean, median, and mode Ans✓✓✓ Measures of central tendency,
mean Ans✓✓✓ is commonly called the average. This number is
calculated by adding all scores in the data set and dividing the sum by
the number of scores in the data set. The average; a measure of central
tendency.
median Ans✓✓✓ A measure of central tendency that is the exact
midpoint of the numbers of the data set.
Mode Ans✓✓✓ A measure of central tendency that is the most
frequently occurring value in the data set.
Triangulation: Ans✓✓✓ A means of enhancing credibility by cross-
checking information and conclusions, using multiple data sources,
using multiple research methods or researchers to study the
phenomenon, or using multiple theories and perspectives to help
interpret the data.
Inter-rater reliability: Ans✓✓✓ The extent to which an instrument is
consistent across raters, as measured with a percentage agreement or a
kappa statistic.