Student Name:  ______________________________________
 

1.  (True or False)  Settings boundaries is another way of saying that there have to be limits set as to what and who will be in a study.

2. In ____________ (quantitative or qualitative) research designs, boundary setting occurs throughout the data collection
and analytical phase.

3. In ___________ (quantitative or qualitative) research designs, boundary setting is for the purpose of maximizing
representation and external validity.

4. In ____________ (quantitative or qualitative) design ,boundary setting is used to obtain a rich description of a particular domain.

5.  Ethical considerations for involving humans in research include:

a.

b.

c.
 

7 . ___________ specifies research will not harm subject and will maximize benefits to
individuals.

8.  Match the following:

A.  privacy
B.  veracity
C.  confidentiality
D.  fidelity

__  obligation to maintain the state or condition of limited access to a person including knowledge about the person's body, relationships, or secrets.
__  obligation to remain faithful to one's commitments; keeping promises, maintaining confidentiality and demonstrating caring behaviors
__  obligation to tell the truth, not lie or deceive others
__  obligation not divulge information learned in treating or caring for a patient to a 3rd party without permission to do so

10.  A _____________________ is defined as a group of persons, elements, or both that share a set of common characteristics that are predefined by the investigator.

11.  A subset of this larger group is known as a ____________________.

12.  Which of the following are characteristics of nonprobability sampling:

a. elements are chosen by random methods
b. it is a way of ensuring that every element has an equal chance of being
selected
c. it is less rigorous and provides a less representative sample than probability
sampling
d. there is no risk of bias

14. The following are characteristics of quota sampling:

a. knowledge about the population of interest is used to build some
representativeness into the sample
b. it identifies strata and proportionally represents the strata in the sample
c. it addresses the problem of over/under-representation of certain segments of the
population in a sample
d. all of the above

16. Random _____________  is the equal independent chance of being chosen.

17. In qualitative designs, the process of selecting and adding pieces of information
through interview, observation and review of literature and artifacts as well as
analyzing them for discovery and description of boundaries is called ______________
analysis.

18. A strategy that involves seeking individuals for inclusion in a study who are extremely different along dimensions that are the focus of the study is called __________________________ __________________________.
 

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