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• What is evidence-based practice (EBP)?

  A service delivery system that is based upon research evidence as to its effectiveness; a service provider's clinical judgement as to its suitability and appropriateness for a client; and a client's preference as to its acceptance.

• What is the origine of EBP?

  Medical practice.

• When you say that you are undertaking a research study to find answers to a question, what are you implying that the process bieng applied is/does?

  1. It is being undertaken within a framework of a set of philosophies
  2. It usesprocedures, methods and techniques that have been tested for their validity and reliability
  3. It is designed to be unbiased and objective

• What is the difference between bias and subjectivity?

  Bias is a deliberate attempt to change or highlicht something which in reality is not there but you do it because of your vested interest.
  
  Subjectivity is not deliberate, it is inherent in the way you understand or interpret something.

• Why must research be controlled?

  In order to reliably establish a cause-and-effect relationship, it is sometimes important to design a study in such a way that enables you to link cause(s) with the effect(s) and vice versa so that you can study the extent of the impact of the cause(s) on the effect(s).

• What does valied and veriable mean?

  This concept implies that whatever you conclude on the basis of your findings is correct and can be verified by you and others.

• What is pure science?

  It is concerned with the development, examination, verification and refinement of research methods, procedures, techniques and tools that form the body of research methodology.
  
  It involves developing and testing theories and pypotheses that are intellectually challanging to the researcher but may or may not have practical application at the present time or in the future. Thus such work often involves the testing of hypotheses containing very abstract and specialised concepts.

• How can a research study from the perspective of its objectives be classified?

  1. Descriptive
     
  2. Correlational
  3. Explanatory
  4. Exploratory

• What is a correlational study?

  A study that is primarily designed to investigate whether or not there is a relationship between two or more variables.

• What is a feasibility/pilot study?

  When the purpose of a study is to investigate the possibility of undertaking it on a larger scale and to streamlinging methods and procedures for the main study.