Exam 2: Introduction to Quantitative Research

The nurse participates in data collection for a clinical drug trial in which subjects are randomly assigned to either a treatment or a placebo group to measure the effects of the drug on a specific outcome.This is which type of study?

What study design involves no intervention on the part of the researcher? Select all that apply.

How is theory tested in quantitative research?

If a nurse wishes to critically appraise a study's sampling criteria and measurement tools,the nurse will read which part of the study report?

Prior to initiating a large-scale research study,the researcher conducts a small-scale study using similar subjects,methods,instruments,measurements,and analysis.This is done to

The nurse evaluates a research study that examines the relationship between computer and television screen time and obesity.A correlational analysis reveals a correlation of +0.95.What can the nurse conclude about the relationship between these two variables?

Which portion of a research report would the nurse initially read to get an overview of the study?

A nurse researcher explains the relationships between research processes and the nursing process to a group of graduate-level nursing students.Which statement by a nursing student indicates the need for further teaching?

The researcher wants to learn whether there is a relationship between parental education and emergency room use among children who have asthma.Which type of research study will this researcher use?

The methodology portion of the research report is used to

To learn whether there is a statistically significant difference between the control group and the experimental group in a study,the nurse would review which section of the research report?

A study that analyzes the effect of exercise on diabetes control among Native-American children with type II diabetes would most credibly be generalizable to which population?

The overall plan developed by the researcher to obtain answers to the questions being studied is called

The section of a research report that describes the purpose of a research study will include

In which type of research does the researcher seek to examine causal relationships among variables without being able to manipulate the variables?

Research subjects in a study of body image after mastectomy will complete a questionnaire about body image after surgery.Which assumption would the researcher likely make when conducting this study?

A researcher studies the effect of asthma action plans on frequency of emergency department visits for asthma-related symptoms.The study would be described as

The level of measurement determines the type of statistical analysis that can be performed on the data.The level of measurement that describes the lowest form of measurement is

When a researcher describes an instrument as being valid this indicates that the instrument

The nurse researcher submits a proposal for an initial study to evaluate the effects of regular moderate exercise on asthma control scores in adolescents with asthma.To achieve increased control in the initial study,the researcher will do which of the following? Select all that apply.