NURS 350 Quiz 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Hawthorne Effect - CORRECT ANSWER - a subject may be answering questions in a
desirable or sociably acceptable manner-- the study focused on whether increasing the increase
of light increases productivity
Reactivity - CORRECT ANSWER - The influence of participating in a study on the
responses of subjects (Hawthorne effect)
Evidence-Based Practice - CORRECT ANSWER - Practice based on the best available
evidence, patient preferences, and clinical judgements.
Validity - CORRECT ANSWER - Accuracy
Research Utlilization - CORRECT ANSWER - Changing practice based on the results of a
single research study
Iowa - CORRECT ANSWER - State of EBP model
External Validity - CORRECT ANSWER - how well does the results of a study apply to
the population
Study validity - CORRECT ANSWER - the ability to accept results as logical, reasonable,
and justifiable based on the evidence presented
Internal Validity - CORRECT ANSWER - the degree to which one can conclude that it
was the IV, not extraneous variables, that produced the change in the DV
, Extraneous Variables in vaccination's effect of Autism - CORRECT ANSWER - genetics,
age, living environment--- may have effect on study (either direct or additionally)
Randomization - CORRECT ANSWER - The selection, assignment or arrangement of
elements by chance
Random sampling - CORRECT ANSWER - Technique for selecting elements whereby
each has the same chance of being selected
Random assignment - CORRECT ANSWER - assignment technique in which subjects
have an equal chance of being in either the treatment or the control group
Between-groups study - CORRECT ANSWER - Study design where two groups of
subjects can be compared
Ex- researcher who is studying condom use among adolescents may wish to know the practices
of high school juniors and seniors as well as college freshmen and sophomores
Control - CORRECT ANSWER - Ability to manipulate, regulate, or statistically adjust for
factors that can affect the dependent variable
Manipulation - CORRECT ANSWER - the ability of researchers to control the
independent variable
Bias - CORRECT ANSWER - When extraneous variables influence the relationship
between the independent and dependent variables
Quasi-Experimental - CORRECT ANSWER - does not randomize
Causality - CORRECT ANSWER - the relationship that exists between cause and effect
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Hawthorne Effect - CORRECT ANSWER - a subject may be answering questions in a
desirable or sociably acceptable manner-- the study focused on whether increasing the increase
of light increases productivity
Reactivity - CORRECT ANSWER - The influence of participating in a study on the
responses of subjects (Hawthorne effect)
Evidence-Based Practice - CORRECT ANSWER - Practice based on the best available
evidence, patient preferences, and clinical judgements.
Validity - CORRECT ANSWER - Accuracy
Research Utlilization - CORRECT ANSWER - Changing practice based on the results of a
single research study
Iowa - CORRECT ANSWER - State of EBP model
External Validity - CORRECT ANSWER - how well does the results of a study apply to
the population
Study validity - CORRECT ANSWER - the ability to accept results as logical, reasonable,
and justifiable based on the evidence presented
Internal Validity - CORRECT ANSWER - the degree to which one can conclude that it
was the IV, not extraneous variables, that produced the change in the DV
, Extraneous Variables in vaccination's effect of Autism - CORRECT ANSWER - genetics,
age, living environment--- may have effect on study (either direct or additionally)
Randomization - CORRECT ANSWER - The selection, assignment or arrangement of
elements by chance
Random sampling - CORRECT ANSWER - Technique for selecting elements whereby
each has the same chance of being selected
Random assignment - CORRECT ANSWER - assignment technique in which subjects
have an equal chance of being in either the treatment or the control group
Between-groups study - CORRECT ANSWER - Study design where two groups of
subjects can be compared
Ex- researcher who is studying condom use among adolescents may wish to know the practices
of high school juniors and seniors as well as college freshmen and sophomores
Control - CORRECT ANSWER - Ability to manipulate, regulate, or statistically adjust for
factors that can affect the dependent variable
Manipulation - CORRECT ANSWER - the ability of researchers to control the
independent variable
Bias - CORRECT ANSWER - When extraneous variables influence the relationship
between the independent and dependent variables
Quasi-Experimental - CORRECT ANSWER - does not randomize
Causality - CORRECT ANSWER - the relationship that exists between cause and effect
