NURS356 - FINAL EXAM

NURS356 - FINAL EXAM


Chapterg9:gTermsg-gCORRECTgANSWER-#####

Experimentalg-gCORRECTgANSWER-After-onlygDesign

Quasi-Experimentalg-gCORRECTgANSWER-Oneggroupg(Pretestg-gPosttest)gDesign

ExperimentalgResearchgDesigng-gCORRECTgANSWER-
Whatgexperimentalgdesigngisgusedgingthegstudy?

Quasi-ExperimentalgResearchgDesigng-gCORRECTgANSWER-
Whatgaregthegmostgcommongthreatsgtoginternalgandgexternalgvaliditygofgthegfindingsg
ofgthisgdesign?

BothgExperimentalgandgQuasi-ExperimentalgResearchgDesignsg-gCORRECTgANSWER-
Isgpowerganalysisgusedgtogcalculategthegappropriategsamplegsizegforgthegstudy?

Chapterg10:gMultiplegChoiceg&gTermsg-gCORRECTgANSWER-#####

Whichgstatementsgaregtruegaboutgnonexperimentalgdesigns?g(Selectgallgthatgapply.g-
gCORRECTgANSWER-

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Nonexperimentalgdesignsgcangbegusedgtogconstructgagpicturegofgagphenomenongatgo
g

negpointgingtime.

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gCORRECTgANSWER-Prospectivegstudiesg

Cohortgstudiesg
Repeatedgmeasuresgstudies

Whatgaregpotentialgdisadvantagesgofglongitudinalgstudies?g(Selectgallgthatgapply.)g-
gCORRECTgANSWER-Subjectglossgasgagresultgofgattritiong

gThegHawthornegeffect



Whatgisganothergnamegforgretrospectivegstudies?g(Selectgallgthatgapply.)g-
gCORRECTgANSWER-Case-controlgstudiesg

gExgpostgfactogstudies



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antgofglunggcancer.gThegresearchergwasgunablegtogconcludegagcausalgrelationshipgexis

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gwhogdidgnotgambulate.gThisgtypegofgstudygisgknowngasgwhat?g-gCORRECTgANSWER-

Comparative

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Examinesgthegrelationshipgbetweengtwogorgmoregvariables

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whichgreason?g-gCORRECTgANSWER-
Manygofgthegphenomenagofgclinicalginterestgdognotglendgthemselvesgtogmanipulation,
gcontrol,gorgrandomization.



Whichgtypegofgstudiesgisgconcernedgspecificallygwithgagtimegperspective?g-
gCORRECTgANSWER-Developmentalgstudies



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negtheirgperspectivesgongthegadequacygofgtheirgnursinggeducation.gThisgstudygisgange
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Whygaregpredictivegmodelsgused?g-gCORRECTgANSWER-
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Whygaregpsychometricsgused?g-gCORRECTgANSWER-
Togusegthegresearchgprocessgtogdevelopgtoolsgorgtechniquesgforgusegingmeasurement

Agresearchergexploredgthegnursinggpracticegofgnewggraduatesgtogmeasuregthegfreque
ncygofgmedicalgerrorsgtheygmadegovergtime.gAgcohortgofgnewggraduatesgwasgsurveye
dgatg6gmonths,g9gmonths,gandg1gyeargpostggraduation.gWhichgdesigngbestgdescribesgt
hisgstudy?g-gCORRECTgANSWER-Descriptiveglongitudinal

Whichgstudiesgaregclassifiedgasgsurveygstudies?g(Selectgallgthatgapply.)g-
gCORRECTgANSWER-Descriptiveg

Exploratory
Comparative