Nursing research final QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
SOLVED.
A group of 500 elders completed a test of cognitive functioning. The mean score was
85, the standard deviation was 5, and scores were normally distributed. Approximately
what percentage of the 500 scores fell between 80 and 90? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅68%
A nurse researcher administered a 30-item scale to assess the severity of caregiver
burden. What is the level of measurement of the scores on the scale? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅interval
A nurse researcher developed a new 10 item scale to measure resilience. The
researchers evaluated whether all 10 items were measuring the same trait. Which item
was being assessed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Internal consistency
A nurse researcher developed a new scale to measure cigarette dependence and
calculates the correlation between scales scores and a gold standard, salivary cotinine
levels. What type of validity is being assessed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Criterion
validity
A nurse researcher developed a new scale to measure stress in adolescents and
calculates a Pearson's r between scale scores and a gold standard, wake-up salivary
free cortisol levels. What type of validity is being assessed? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅criterion validity
A nurse researcher developed a new scale to measure the self-care behaviors of adults
with type 2 diabetes. The validation effort included a test of the hypothesis that people
with high levels of HbA1c have significantly lower scores on the self-care scale than
those with lower levels of HbA1c. What type of validity is being assessed? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Construst validity
A nurse researcher develops a new scale to measure preparedness for caregiving
among family members of palliative care patients. A panel of experts is convened to
assess whether the items on the draft scale adequately reflect the construct. What type
of validity is being assessed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Content validity
A nurse researcher develops a scale to measure preparedness for caregiving among
family members of palliative care patients. A panel of experts is recruited to assess the
relevance of the items, and the results indicated a CVI of .91. What type of validity is
being assessed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Content validity
, A nurse researcher identified her accessible population as women with high-risk
pregnancies in the state of New York. Which population might the researcher target? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All women with high-risk pregnancies in the United States
A nurse researcher implemented a physical fitness program for nurses in one hospital
and used nurses in another hospital as the control group. Which threat would be the
most serious to internal validity in this study? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Selection
A nurse researcher is interviewing participants who survived a major earthquake. Which
is the best example of a grand tour question for this study?
You Answered - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What was it like to live through an
earthquake?
A nurse researcher is studying emergency department visits by parents of children
under age 3 who were low birth weight infants. Every parent who brought a low birth
weight child to the emergency department over a 12 month period was invited to
participate in the study. What type of sampling did the researcher use? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Consecutive sampling
A nurse researcher is studying fear of falling in community- dwelling elders. Which might
be a reasonable exclusion criterion? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅People age 65 years or
younger
A nurse researcher is studying medication compliance in hypertensive patients. Among
those recruited to participate in the study 50% of the women and 20% of the men
agreed to participate. This situation is likely to lead to - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅sampling bias
A nurse researcher is studying nurses' experiences with ethically difficult situations and
has a list of question areas that need to be covered in each interview. What is that list
called? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A topic guide
A nurse researcher is studying parents' experiences of having a child diagnosed with
leukemia. The researcher began the interview by asking "Can you tell me what it was
like when you first learned that your child had leukemia?" This is an example of which
type of question? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A grand tour question
A nurse researcher is studying the attitudes of high school students toward bullying at
metro high school during the last year. What type of study is this - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅A cross sectional study
A nurse researcher is studying the culture of the emergency department where she
works. What type of study is being undertaken? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a focused
auto ethnography
SOLVED.
A group of 500 elders completed a test of cognitive functioning. The mean score was
85, the standard deviation was 5, and scores were normally distributed. Approximately
what percentage of the 500 scores fell between 80 and 90? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅68%
A nurse researcher administered a 30-item scale to assess the severity of caregiver
burden. What is the level of measurement of the scores on the scale? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅interval
A nurse researcher developed a new 10 item scale to measure resilience. The
researchers evaluated whether all 10 items were measuring the same trait. Which item
was being assessed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Internal consistency
A nurse researcher developed a new scale to measure cigarette dependence and
calculates the correlation between scales scores and a gold standard, salivary cotinine
levels. What type of validity is being assessed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Criterion
validity
A nurse researcher developed a new scale to measure stress in adolescents and
calculates a Pearson's r between scale scores and a gold standard, wake-up salivary
free cortisol levels. What type of validity is being assessed? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅criterion validity
A nurse researcher developed a new scale to measure the self-care behaviors of adults
with type 2 diabetes. The validation effort included a test of the hypothesis that people
with high levels of HbA1c have significantly lower scores on the self-care scale than
those with lower levels of HbA1c. What type of validity is being assessed? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Construst validity
A nurse researcher develops a new scale to measure preparedness for caregiving
among family members of palliative care patients. A panel of experts is convened to
assess whether the items on the draft scale adequately reflect the construct. What type
of validity is being assessed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Content validity
A nurse researcher develops a scale to measure preparedness for caregiving among
family members of palliative care patients. A panel of experts is recruited to assess the
relevance of the items, and the results indicated a CVI of .91. What type of validity is
being assessed? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Content validity
, A nurse researcher identified her accessible population as women with high-risk
pregnancies in the state of New York. Which population might the researcher target? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All women with high-risk pregnancies in the United States
A nurse researcher implemented a physical fitness program for nurses in one hospital
and used nurses in another hospital as the control group. Which threat would be the
most serious to internal validity in this study? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Selection
A nurse researcher is interviewing participants who survived a major earthquake. Which
is the best example of a grand tour question for this study?
You Answered - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What was it like to live through an
earthquake?
A nurse researcher is studying emergency department visits by parents of children
under age 3 who were low birth weight infants. Every parent who brought a low birth
weight child to the emergency department over a 12 month period was invited to
participate in the study. What type of sampling did the researcher use? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Consecutive sampling
A nurse researcher is studying fear of falling in community- dwelling elders. Which might
be a reasonable exclusion criterion? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅People age 65 years or
younger
A nurse researcher is studying medication compliance in hypertensive patients. Among
those recruited to participate in the study 50% of the women and 20% of the men
agreed to participate. This situation is likely to lead to - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅sampling bias
A nurse researcher is studying nurses' experiences with ethically difficult situations and
has a list of question areas that need to be covered in each interview. What is that list
called? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A topic guide
A nurse researcher is studying parents' experiences of having a child diagnosed with
leukemia. The researcher began the interview by asking "Can you tell me what it was
like when you first learned that your child had leukemia?" This is an example of which
type of question? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A grand tour question
A nurse researcher is studying the attitudes of high school students toward bullying at
metro high school during the last year. What type of study is this - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅A cross sectional study
A nurse researcher is studying the culture of the emergency department where she
works. What type of study is being undertaken? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a focused
auto ethnography
