Research Methods Final Exam NURS 3500 with Complete Solutions

Research Methods Final Exam NURS 3500 with Complete Solutions Relative timing - Correct Answer when will info on independent and dependent variables be collected - looking forward or backward in time? (retrospective, prospective) features of quantitative design - Correct Answer 1. masking/blinding 2. time frames 3. relative timing 4. location within-subjects design - Correct Answer same people compared at different time or under different conditions (pre and post) between-subjects design - Correct Answer different people are compared (ex. men and women) RCT - Correct Answer randomized controlled trials, experimental designs, tests cause & effect eflationships quasi-experimental - Correct Answer controlled trial, no randomization non-experimental - Correct Answer observational study causality - Correct Answer relationship of cause and effect, criteria for making causal inferences - cause must precede the effect in time, must be a demonstrated empiral relationship between the cause and effect, relationship between the presumed cause and effect cannot be explained by a third variable, another factor related to the presumed cause and effect cannot be the "real" cause manipulation - Correct Answer something is done to some subjects, introducing an intervention /