Review Questions Flashcards

(33 cards)

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A nurse researcher should be particularly concerned about having a small sample size for which of the following reasons?

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There is an increased risk of obtaining a non representative sample

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A nurse researcher uses the technique of power analysis to do what?

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To estimate the target sample size

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A nurse researcher would hesitate to use non probability sampling because

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It will result in less generalizability than if probability sampling were used

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The nurse researcher selects matching as a technique in a research study. What does the technique of matching in a sampling strategy contribute to the research?

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Increased equivalency of the characteristics of the study groups

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The nurse researcher can most accurately determine sample size by considering which of the following

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The design of the study

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The researcher used word of mouth recruitment strategies to find potential participants that were known by enrolled participants. This is most accurately referred to as what?

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Snowball sampling

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Which of the following is a type of probability sampling?

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Stratified random

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What is the process of selecting representative units/subjects of a population for study in a research investigation?

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Sampling

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A nurse researcher is working with students experiencing test anxiety. Their nurse has the students take a test while she watches through a one way mirror. What does this approach incorporate?

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Observation and concealment

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A nurse researcher would choose physiologic data collection methods for which reason?

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Data collected is sensitive and specific to the physiologic process being investigated

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During a research project, the researcher notes that the subject completes each assigned task with a much higher level of performance than he would normally exhibit. How should a nurse researcher most accurately describe this change in the subjects behavior that is due to reacting to participating in a research study?

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Social desirability

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The training of data collectors to adhere strictly to a standard protocol for collecting data will affect the findings of the study by doing what?

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Increasing consistency in data collection

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What advantage is shared by both interview and questionnaire self report data collection methods?

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Both seek to understand the attitudes, beliefs, and feelings of participants

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What is the nurse researchers primary concern in data collection for research?

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Objectivity and consistency in data collection

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“Are the items appropriately close ended or open ended?” Refers to which data collection method?

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Self report measures

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An instrument that repeatedly and consistently obtains the same results has which of the following?

17
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When the validity of an instrument is determined, the nurse researcher accesses what?

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Compared with a quasi-experimental design, which of these characteristics should a nurse expect to see only in a true experimental design?

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Random assignment

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Control is important in an experimental research study for which of these reasons?

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It introduces one or more constants into the experimental situation

20
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In a true experimental study which of the following describes the control group?

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Receives the placebo treatment or usual treatment

21
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Randomization strengthens an experimental study in which of these ways

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It decreases the possibility that extraneous variables explain the study results

22
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The experimental treatment initiated by a researcher can be described as

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Independent variable

23
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Which action would increase the control of an experimental study?

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Establishing strict criteria for subject selection

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Which of the following represents a weakness in the quasi-experimental research design, as compared to an experimental research design?

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Weaker evidence for a cause and effect relationship between variables

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A nurse researcher will choose to use a prospective developmental study design to do what?
Allow exploration of the changing nature of relationships between variables over time
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What is the first question that should be asked in determining whether a cross sectional design versus a longitudinal design should be used in a quantitative study?
What is the nature of the problem being studied
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A nurse researcher would choose to use a correlational study of multiple variables for which purpose?
To test whether one variable causes another variable
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How does an experimental research design differ from a non experimental research design?
Nonexperimental designs attempt to test relationships among variables and experimental designs attempt to test cause and effect relationships
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What threat to internal validity is most closely associated with a longitudinal design?
Mortality effects
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Which of the following types of developmental studies collects data at only one point in time?
Cross sectional
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Which of the following is considered to be a nonexperimental developmental study?
Cross sectional
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Which of the following is a disadvantage to using a survey study design?
Information collected is relatively superficial
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Why would a nurse researcher choose to use a correlational design for a nonexperimental study?
It represents an efficient method of collecting a large amount of data about a problem.