NURS 312 FINAL EXAM WITH ACCURATE
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DETAILED SOLUTIONS !|
Mixed Method Research - Correct answer ✔Research that integrates
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qualitative and quantitative data and strategies in a single study or
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coordinated set of studies !| !| !|
- Advantages: Complementarity, practicality, incrementality, enhanced validity
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Purpose/Application of Mixed Method Research - Correct answer !| !| !| !| !| !| !| !|
✔Developmental work, hypothesis generation and testing, explication, and!| !| !| !| !| !| !| !|
theory building/testing/refinement
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Designs/Strategies for Mixed Methods - Correct answer ✔Concurrent- !| !| !| !| !| !| !| !|
Qualitative and quantitative data are collected at the same time
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Sequential- Qualitative and quantitative data are not collected at the same
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time, but in a sequence
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Convergent Parallel Design - Correct answer ✔Researcher uses concurrent
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timing to implement the quantitative and qualitative studies during the same
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phase as the research process
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Embedded Design - Correct answer ✔Answer different questions that require
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different types of data; data within data
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, Explanatory Design - Correct answer ✔Use qualitative approach to explain
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quantitative results !|
Exploratory Design - Correct answer ✔(Instrument developing) generalize
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qualitative findings to a larger sample; variables are not known, there is no
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instrument, or there is no theory/model for a guide
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Clinical Trials - Correct answer ✔Studies that develop clinical interventions
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and test their efficacy and effectiveness
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Four Phases of Clinical Trials - Correct answer ✔Phase 1: Designed to
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establish safety, tolerance, and dose
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Phase 2: Seeks preliminary evidence of effectiveness- a pilot test often using
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quasi-experimental design !|
Phase 3: Fully tests the efficacy of the treatment via a RCT often in multiple
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sites; sometimes called an efficacy study
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Phase 4: Focuses on external validity of an intervention in the general
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population; emphasis on GENERALIZABILITY !| !| !|
Practical Clinical Trials - Correct answer ✔(Pragmatic clinical trials)
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designed to help in making decisions in real-world applications; bridge gap
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between tightly controlled efficacy studies and subsequent effectiveness
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studies
Evaluation Research - Correct answer ✔Examines how well a specific
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program, practice, procedure, or policy is working
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DETAILED SOLUTIONS !|
Mixed Method Research - Correct answer ✔Research that integrates
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qualitative and quantitative data and strategies in a single study or
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coordinated set of studies !| !| !|
- Advantages: Complementarity, practicality, incrementality, enhanced validity
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Purpose/Application of Mixed Method Research - Correct answer !| !| !| !| !| !| !| !|
✔Developmental work, hypothesis generation and testing, explication, and!| !| !| !| !| !| !| !|
theory building/testing/refinement
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Designs/Strategies for Mixed Methods - Correct answer ✔Concurrent- !| !| !| !| !| !| !| !|
Qualitative and quantitative data are collected at the same time
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Sequential- Qualitative and quantitative data are not collected at the same
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time, but in a sequence
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Convergent Parallel Design - Correct answer ✔Researcher uses concurrent
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timing to implement the quantitative and qualitative studies during the same
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phase as the research process
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Embedded Design - Correct answer ✔Answer different questions that require
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different types of data; data within data
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, Explanatory Design - Correct answer ✔Use qualitative approach to explain
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quantitative results !|
Exploratory Design - Correct answer ✔(Instrument developing) generalize
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qualitative findings to a larger sample; variables are not known, there is no
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instrument, or there is no theory/model for a guide
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Clinical Trials - Correct answer ✔Studies that develop clinical interventions
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and test their efficacy and effectiveness
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Four Phases of Clinical Trials - Correct answer ✔Phase 1: Designed to
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establish safety, tolerance, and dose
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Phase 2: Seeks preliminary evidence of effectiveness- a pilot test often using
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quasi-experimental design !|
Phase 3: Fully tests the efficacy of the treatment via a RCT often in multiple
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sites; sometimes called an efficacy study
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Phase 4: Focuses on external validity of an intervention in the general
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population; emphasis on GENERALIZABILITY !| !| !|
Practical Clinical Trials - Correct answer ✔(Pragmatic clinical trials)
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designed to help in making decisions in real-world applications; bridge gap
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between tightly controlled efficacy studies and subsequent effectiveness
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studies
Evaluation Research - Correct answer ✔Examines how well a specific
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program, practice, procedure, or policy is working
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