ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
T-testU-UANSWERUComparesUoneUvariableU(perhapsUBP)UbetweenUtwoUgroups
P-valueU-
UANSWERURepresentsUtheUprobabilityUofUerrorUinvolvedUinUacceptingUtheUobservedUresultsUasUaUvalidUrepr
esentativeUofUtheUpopulation.
ThinkUofUP-valueUasUstatisticalUsignificanceUofUaUhypothesis.
StandardUdeviationU-
UANSWERUTheUmeasureUofUtheUspreadUorUdispersionUofUaUsetUofUdataUfromUtheUaverage.
ConfidenceUintervalU-
UANSWERUMeasuresUtheUreliabilityUofUanUestimate.UWithUdefinedUlimitsUatUeachUend,UthisUspecificesUtheUp
robabilityUofUincludingUtheUparameterUbeingUestimated.
TheUNurseUPracticeUActUisUenactedUbyUwhichUorganization?
A.UNationalUCouncilUofUStateUBoardsUofUNursing
B.UFederalUlegislature
C.UStateUboardUofUnursing
D.UState'sUlegislature
E.UAmericanUNursesUAssociationU-UANSWERUC.UState'sUlegislature
CohortUstudyU-UANSWERUFollowsUindividualsUwithUaUparticularUconditionUoverUaUperiodUofUtime.
,BestUdesignUtoUobtainUvalidUinformationUaboutUtheUprognosisUofUaUcondition.
RandomizedUcontrolledUtrialU-UANSWERUBestUdesignUtoUdetermineUtheUbenefits/risksUofUanUintervention.
Cross-sectionalUstudyU-UANSWERUBestUdesignsUtoUevaluateUaUdiagnosticUtest.
QualitativeUresearchU-UANSWERUExploresUphenomenaUthroughUdescriptionsUorUpeopleUandUevents.
SubjectiveUdata
Includes:UcaseUstudies,UfieldUstudies,UparticipantUobservation,UandUethnographicUstudies.
Non-experimentalUresearchU-UANSWERUInUnon-
experimentalUresearchUtheUresearcherUcannotUcontrol,Umanipulate,UorUalterUtheUpredictorUvariableUorUsub
jects.
ReliesUonUinterpretation,Uobservation,UorUinteractionsUtoUarriveUtoUaUconclusion.
Includes:UdescriptiveUandUex-postUfacto/correlationalUresearch.
ExperimentalUresearchU-
UANSWERUInUexperimentalUresearch,UtheUresearcherUmanipulatesUoneUorUmoreUvariablesUandUcontrolsUan
dUmeasuresUanyUchangeUinUotherUvariables.
Quasi-experimentalU-
UANSWERUSimilarUtoUtraditionalUexperimentalUdesignUbutUlacksUtheUcomparisonUgroupUasUwellUasUrandomi
zation.
ThisUisUnotUrandomizedU(controlledUbutUnotUrandom).
, SentinelUeventsU-UANSWERUAnUaccidentUthatUresultsUinUdeath.
RootUcauseUanalysisU-
UANSWERUAnUapproachUdesignedUtoUbreakdownUandUanalyzeUtheUcauseUofUanUadverseUevent.
Patient-centeredUcareU-UANSWERUPatient-
centeredUcareUisUinvolvingUtheUpatientUandUtheirUfamiliesUinUallUaspectsUofUtheirUcare.U
CareUisUprovidedUinUtheUmannerUtheUpatientUvalues,UandUdecides.U
ClinicalUdecisionUmakingUshouldUbeUledUbyUtheUpatient'sUdecision.
ExperimentalU-UANSWERURandomUsamplingUisUusedUtoUconductUexperiment.
QuantitativeUresearchU-UANSWERUMeasurable.
RelativeUriskU-
UANSWERUTheUratioUofUtheUprobabilityUofUanUeventUoccurringUinUanUexposedUgroupUtoUtheUprobabiltyUofUt
heUeventUoccuringUinUaUcomparision,Unon-exposedUgroup.
SystematicUreviewU-UANSWERUStrongestUlevelUofUevidence
RandomizedUcontrolledUtrialsU-UANSWERUSecondUstrongestUlevelUofUevidence
CohortUstudiesU-UANSWERUThirdUstrongestUlevelUofUevidence
CaseUreportsU-UANSWERUFourthUstrongestUlevelUofUevidence
ExpertUopinionU-UANSWERUFifthUstrongestUlevelUofUevidence