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What term is given to unique symbols that expand search results and allow for a simultaneous search of numerous words of the same root within an electronic database?
 
  A) Textword search
  B) Keywords
  C) Wildcard characters
  D) Expanders

Question 2

Inferences and inferential quality are issues specific to quantitative studies.
 
  A) True
  B) False



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Answer to Question 1

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Wildcard characters such as  or  are used in electronic databases to search for related words. An example would be that nurs typed in a database may yield results that include nurse, nurses, and nursing. A keyword is a word or phrase that captures the key concepts in your question. A textword search looks for your keyword in the text fields of the records, i.e., in the title and the abstract. Expanders is not a term related to electronic database searches.

Answer to Question 2

B



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