Near the end of a research article, the researcher states that the findings contribute to nursing's body of knowledge and they also provide evidence that the intervention may be helpful in the population from which the sample was drawn
What does this comment address?
a. Serendipitous findings
b. Implications
c. Generalizations
d. Limitations
ANS: B
Implications are the meanings of conclusions for the body of knowledge, theory, and practice. Implications are based on the conclusions and are more specific than conclusions. They provide specific suggestions for implementing the findings. Generalization extends the implications of the findings from the sample studied to a larger population or from the situation studied to a larger situation. Serendipitous findings are relationships found between variables that were not hypothesized and not predicted from the framework guiding the study. Limitations are restrictions or problems in a study that may decrease the generalizability of the findings.
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