NUR 254 Chap 10-11

NUR 254 Chap 10-11
1. population
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is the entire group of interest
2. sample
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involvesselecting a portion of the population to represent the population. (subset of population
elements)
3. Elegibility criteria
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specific characteristics that limit the population
4. inclusion criteria
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whether a person qualifies
5. exclusion criteria
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if they should be excluded from the sampling (for example, patients who can not speak english
6. Strata
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subpopulations - exclusive parts of the population based on specific criteria. example
population consisting of all RNsin the UK can be divided into three levels of strata based on
experience, 0-5, 5-10, 10-15
7. target population
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entire population in which researcher is interested in, for example all diabetes are the target
population