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Abstract<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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A brief summary of a text.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Anthropomorphism<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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When human traits are assigned to a non-human actor\/object.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Click-bait<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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Source in which the purpose is to attract your attention and prompt you to click on links to web pages that might be selling something or promoting fake news.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

CRAAP<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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Evaluation tool that helps determine a source\u2019s quality.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Critique<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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Constructive way to explore, interrogate, and evaluate a text.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Descriptive Writing<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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Writing that describes or summarizes something.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Egalitarianism<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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The belief that all people are equal and deserve the same rights.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

epistemology<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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The study of knowledge - all aspects of the validity, scope and methods of acquiring knowledge<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Evidence-informed nursing<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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When practice and decision-making are informed by best available evidence from a variety of sources and combined with practitioner expertise, patient preference, and local context.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Information literacy<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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Having knowledge and skill related to various types of knowledge.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

methodology<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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The process by which an argument or hypothesis is identified and proven.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

ontology<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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The study of being - what actually exists in the world about which humans can acquire knowledge<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Peer-review<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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A process associated with journals in which a submitted manuscript passes through a process of being reviewed by experts before being accepted for publication.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Positionality<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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How you position yourself in relation to a topic, informed by your identity.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Reading effectively<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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Reading effectively.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Red herrings<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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Sentences that distract the reader from your main topic.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Reflective Practice<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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Exploring and analyzing a clinical experience.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Reflective Writing<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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Thinking deeply and critically about an experience.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Rigorous<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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Complete, sound, thorough and carefully constructed.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Semantics<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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The study of language\/words used and the associated meanings.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

Synthesis<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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Combining two or more ideas and texts in writing.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n

title case<\/dfn><\/dt>\n
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involves capitalizing the first letter of each word except those that are three letters or less (UNLESS it is the first word of a title or a word following a colon or hyphen (see example of the paper title in Figure 9.1).<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"author":2509,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":["dianne-biin","deborah-canada","john-chenoweth","lou-ann-neel"],"pb_section_license":"cc-by-nc"},"back-matter-type":[38],"contributor":[62,61,63,64],"license":[56],"class_list":["post-282","back-matter","type-back-matter","status-publish","hentry","back-matter-type-glossary","contributor-deborah-canada","contributor-dianne-biin","contributor-john-chenoweth","contributor-lou-ann-neel","license-cc-by-nc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/introductiontoresearch\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/introductiontoresearch\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/introductiontoresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/back-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/introductiontoresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2509"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/introductiontoresearch\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1003,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/introductiontoresearch\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/282\/revisions\/1003"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/introductiontoresearch\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/282\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/introductiontoresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"back-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/introductiontoresearch\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter-type?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/introductiontoresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/introductiontoresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}