Exam 18: Appraising Quantitative Research

A nurse researcher is critically appraising a research report and asks the question "Is the format appropriate for use with this population?" Which data collection methods and procedures would this question evaluate?

Which critical appraisal question would evaluate the review of the literature of a research report?

Where in a report of a quantitative research study would a nurse researcher expect the gaps or conflicts about the phenomenon studied to be identified?

What would make a study researching the levels of depression occurring in blind and sighted adolescents nonexperimental versus experimental in design?

This statement was included in a study's abstract: "By formalizing parenting education in the immediate postpartum period, midwives may have the opportunity to reduce the prevalence of postnatal depression"? What is this indicative of?

A nurse researcher is critically appraising a research report and asks the question "What sources of bias are possible with use of records or existing data sets?" The data collection method(s) and procedure(s) that this question evaluates is what?

A study abstract includes the following statement: "There was a negative relationship between infants with difficult behavioral styles and maternal involvement." The most accurate interpretation of the statement is what?

A nurse researcher is critically appraising a research report and asks the question "What provision is made for maintaining accuracy of the instrument and its use, if any?" Which data-collection methods and procedures would this question evaluate?

In evaluating quantitative research, a researcher can expect to review the report's segments in which order? A.Methods B.Introduction C.Literature review D.Discussion E.Results

The critique of a quantitative research report should include what?