Chapter 13 Understanding Statistical Analysis of Quantitative Data

Chapter 13


1. The use of both of qualitative and quantitative data in a study or cluster of studies serves
the important purpose of which of the following?
A) Providing researchers with different skills an opportunity to collaborate
B) Enhancing the study's validity
C) Allowing participants to select an unstructured or structured method of responding
D) Enhancing the likelihood that the study will be published


2. The integration of qualitative and quantitative approaches in a single study constitutes a
form of which of the following?
A) Hypothesis testing




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3. Which of the following is true about the notation QUAL quan?
A) The qualitative component is dominant




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B) The quantitative component is dominant
C) The data would be collected in a single phase
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4. Which of the following is true about the notation QUAL + QUAN?
A) The qualitative component is dominant
B) The quantitative component is dominant
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5. The phase of a clinical trial that typically uses a full experimental design is which of the
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A) Phase I
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B) Phase II
C) Phase III
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D) Phase IV
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6. An effectiveness study is associated with which phase of a clinical trial?
A) Phase I
B) Phase II
C) Phase III
D) Phase IV




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, 7. If a researcher wanted to assess how well an evidence-based protocol for encouraging
adolescent mothers to breastfeed was meeting its objectives, the research would be
which of the following?
A) Survey
B) Evaluation
C) Methodologic research
D) Secondary analysis


8. A phase III clinical trial most closely resembles which of the following in terms of
objectives and design?




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A) An impact analysis
B) An economic analysis




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C) A process analysis
D) A secondary analysis




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9. What type of study would address the following question: What barriers did the nursing




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staff face in implementing the fall prevention program?
A) Impact analysis
B) Outcomes study
C) Process analysis
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D) Economic analysis
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10. An issue that is distinctive in nursing intervention research is which of the following?
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A) The development of an intervention theory
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B) The generation of data amenable for use in secondary analyses
C) The inclusion of a methodological research component
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D) The use of a structure/process/outcomes framework
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11. The type of research designed to document the effectiveness of health care and nursing
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services in a broad sense is called which of the following?
A) A process analysis
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B) Outcomes research
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C) An impact analysis
D) Methodological research




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