COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT,
DETAILED ANSWERS, ALL PROFESSOR-
VERIFIED
The nurse researcher is aware that PICOT is a research strategy mnemonic for which of
the following components? - CorreCt Answer-- Patient population or patient
condition of interest
-Intervention
-Comparison of interest
-Outcome of interest
-Time
The nurse researcher wants to obtain a random sample for a research study. Which one
of the following is not an appropriate method for obtaining a random participant
sample? - CorreCt Answer: Asking for volunteer participants and taking all
volunteers
There are benefits of using questionnaires in quantitative research. Which of the
following are potential benefits? - CorreCt Answer: Easily collect data from a large
number of respondents
Which of the following are factors that may affect data collection, except? - CorreCt
Answer: data processing software
In case-control studies, two groups are compared; what is the difference between the
two groups? - CorreCt Answers -One group has a specific condition; one does not
, Data from quantitative studies are the highest level of evidence that clinicians can use to
influence what in healthcare. - CorreCt Answers -Decisions in Evidence-Based
Practice
The _________________ is a ratio level scale of a 100 mm line anchored on each
end with words or symbols. - CorreCt Answers -visual analog scale
There are four categories that are used to describe ___________: the four categories
are nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio. - CorreCt Answers -Measurement
A student nurse makes the following statement: "I will consider the results of the study
as I make decisions with the implementation step of the nursing process for my patient."
The statement is an indication of what major concept in relating evidence to nursing
practice: - CorreCt Answers -clinical significance
This is best defined as adopting an innovation on a trial basis - CorreCt Answer:
pilot.
What level of measurement is most often used with inferential statistical testing? -
CorreCt Answer: ratio
Researchers use nominal measurement to classify or categorize variables. Which of the
following is an example of nominal measurement? - CorreCt Answers -Yes and No
question responses given numerical values, 1 and 2
The researcher is planning a quantitative study on blood pressure and will utilize 5
research assistants to collect data. To ensure best practice, the researcher will use what
format to train the research assistants? - CorreCt Answer: All assistants should
receive consistent one-on-one training on data collection