Multiple Choice
A nursing student is reviewing a research study in which researchers used a pretest/posttest design to examine the effect of an AIDS education intervention on teenagers' knowledge about the condition over a school year.What threats to internal validity could be present?
A) Maturation
B) Selection effects
C) Reactivity
D) Hawthorne effect
E) Testing
Correct Answer:
Verified
Correct Answer:
Verified
Q14: The issue of control would be less
Q22: A researcher wants to study the effects
Q23: A nurse researcher can control for selection
Q24: For which of these reasons would a
Q25: Which of these situations describes a reactive
Q27: What is the overall purpose of research
Q28: Why is the administration of a pretest
Q29: A study is examining the effect of
Q30: How would a nurse researcher ensure that
Q32: Which situation represents a threat to internal