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| Peer reviewed | published articles that have been reviewed for content and accuracy by peers |
| Evidence based practice | inclusion of experience, research, clinical practice, and patient preference when providing dental hygiene care |
| Scientific method | body of techniques using observation, reason, amd experimentation to gather evidence that is empirical and measureable |
| Research approach | type of research used to obtain information; all types involve observation, description, measurement, analysis, and interprestation of occuring phenomena |
| Beneficence | is a concept in research ethics which states that researchers should have the welfare of the research participant as a goal of any clinical trial or other research study |
| Bioethics | established norms of conduct in performing research that distinguish between morally acceptable and unacceptable behavior |
| Informed consent | ethical consideration that requires educating a subject in a research study to be educated about the study's pupose, duration, experimental procedures, alternatives, risks, and benefits |
| Insititutional review board (IRB) | entity charged with reviewing the ehtical implications of every research study |
| Nonmaleficence | do not harm |
| Veracity | being honest |
| Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) | concept of privicy of personal information |
| Data | information collected by a researcher using various methods from questionnaires to clinical testing |
| Descriptive approach | variety of methods, including surveys, case studies, developmental studies, document or content analysis, trend studies, and correlation studies used in research |
| Double-blind study | type of most experimental research in shich neither the subjects nor the investigators know who is in the control (placebo) group and who is in the other (independent variable) froup that recieves the experimental treatment |
| Experimental approach | research study also known as a clinical trial that studies an experimental treatment or intervention |
| Historical approach | research design to determine the meaning of past events by reviewing records and literature and conducting interviews |
| Hypothesis | question that is developed to be answered by a study |
| Literature review | examination of all pertinent reports and studies to determine what is currently known about a specific topic or issue |
| Pilot Study | version of a proposed study that is carried out on a small, sometimes intentionally choosen sample |
| Placebo | independent variable used with a research control group that is not the factor being studied but a non treatment sometimes referred to as a "sugar pill" |
