Exam 6: Understanding and Critically Appraising the Literature Review

When developing evidence-based-practice guidelines,if a researcher wishes to identify studies that evaluate a specific intervention in quantitative research,the literature review should include:

In the following APA-formatted reference,what is indicated by the italicized words? Maxwell,S.E.,& Delaney,H.D.(2004).Designing experiments and analyzing data: A model comparison perspective (2^nd ed.).Mahway,NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

A step just prior to beginning a literature search using an electronic database is to:

A reviewer reading a proposal for a qualitative research study notes that the author has not included a literature review.The reviewer understands that a literature review may have been omitted in this case because:

When citing sources in a literature review,it is best if the author:

Some studies cited in a literature review may be decades old.The researcher may decide to use studies from this far back because these studies:

An author uses an electronic source in portable document format (PDF).Which is true about citing this source in a literature review?

What is an important limitation of secondary sources in literature reviews?

When initially reading the relevant literature for comprehension,the researcher will:

For a study to be considered current,it should be published within the last:

The concluding sentence of each paragraph in a literature review:

Which type of study is least likely to include a review of the literature prior to initiating the study?

When appraising a literature review,one aspect of determining the breadth of the review is:

A researcher conducts a study using dependent and independent variables used in a previous study but uses a different population of subjects.What type of study is this?

Once relevant studies have been identified,the researcher's next step is to:

When developing the outline for a literature review,the researcher's first step is to:

Which is most important in a critical appraisal of a body of literature?

A nurse appraising a research article should perform which action in order to critically evaluate the literature review?

What is the main purpose of a literature review in grounded theory research?

A researcher performs a critical appraisal of a group of studies measuring the effects of a home care education program on confidence levels of caregivers of elderly family members.The critical appraisal will include: