Exam 14: Data Collection Methods

Use of records or data-available methods of data collection would be most appropriate in which case?

A nurse researcher is designing a study on objective analysis of vital sign monitoring before, during, and after trauma care in the emergency department. To analyze trends in this process, which types of measurements could the nurse consider incorporating? (Select all that apply.)

The training of data collectors to adhere strictly to a standard protocol for a research project will affect the ultimate outcome of the study by doing what?

Two data collectors scored pressure ulcers similarly using the Braden Scale for pressure ulcer assessment. This finding indicates what?

A nurse researcher would select the interview method of data collection for which reason?

Which data collection method is most vulnerable to researcher bias?

What are the steps involved in instrument development? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse researcher informs subjects that he or she would like to include them in a research study and that they can refuse to participate through what?

A nurse researcher is designing a study examining the construct of anxiety. The researcher could operationalize anxiety through what? (Select all that apply.)

Which data collection method can be assessed by asking, "Are the data examined in such a way as to provide new information?"

Which data collection method can be assessed by asking, "Is there a provision for evaluating the accuracy of the instrument?"

A nurse researcher would choose physiologic data collection methods for which reason?

A nurse researcher is working with students experiencing test anxiety. The nurse has the students take a test while she watches through a two-way mirror. What does this approach incorporate? (Select all that apply.)

What is the nurse researcher's primary concern in data collection for research?

Which data collection method can be assessed by asking, "Is there clear indication that the subjects understood the task and the questions?"

Which observational role would be most appropriate if the nurse researcher wants to identify maternal response behaviors to cries of infants with colic?

The nurse researcher's use of a focus group interview with audio recording of group interactions would be considered to be an observational role of what?

What should the nurse researcher expect to be the difference between data collection for patient care and data collection for the purposes of research?

What advantage is shared by both interview and questionnaire data collection methods?

Which data collection method can be assessed by asking, "Are the majority of the items appropriately close-ended or open-ended?"