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The phase of a clinical trial that requires an experimental design is:
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Phase III
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If a researcher wanted to determine how well a prenatal program was meeting its objectives of reducing low birth weight, the research would be a(n):
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Evaluation
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An experimental design is most likely to be used in a(n):
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Impact analysis
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Qualitative data are most likely to be collected in a(n):
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Process analysis
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The type of research designed to document the effectiveness of health care and nursing services in a broad sense is called:
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Outcomes research
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Suppose a nurse researcher wanted to know whether a self-administered health history questionnaire yielded data of comparable quality to a personal interview on health history. The researcher would be doing a(n):
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Methodologic study
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The U.S. census is an example of a(n):
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Survey
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If a nurse researcher used U.S. census data to examine the relationship between women's labor force participation and childbearing, this would be an example of a:
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Secondary analysis
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In survey research, the approach that typically is least expensive is:
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Mailed questionnaires
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Which of the following could involve either qualitative or quantitative data? A secondary analysis, A case study,A methodologic study,All of the above
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All of the above
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The use of both qualitative and quantitative data in a study or cluster of studies serves the important purpose of:
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Enhancing the study's validity
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The blending of qualitative and quantitative data collection and analyses in a single study constitutes a form of:
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Triangulation
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The black box refers to:
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The underlying, unmeasured causes or mediators of the observed effects of an intervention
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Which of the following types of studies could be designed to effectively combine qualitative and quantitative methods? A)An evaluation B)An ethnography C)A methodologic study
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D)All of the above
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Randomized clinical trials of an intervention usually follow a development and pilot-testing phase.
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True
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Clinical trials can sometimes be referred to as evaluations.
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True
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An outcome analysis yields information about the net effects of an intervention.
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False
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Cost analyses are often conducted in conjunction with impact analyses.
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True
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“Black box” questions most often arise in the context of an evaluation of a complex intervention.
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True
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Outcomes research requires an experimental or quasi-experimental design.
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False
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The NOC system is an example of a research-based classification system of outcomes of nursing actions.
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True
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A survey researcher collects descriptive information about the status quo of a situation.
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True
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One of the limitations of survey research is that the approach lends itself only to the collection of objective facts.
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False
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Personal interviews generally yield information of greater depth and quality than information from mailed questionnaires.
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True
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When data from prior research are reanalyzed by a researcher, the type of approach is a secondary analysis.
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True
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The development of a new instrument to measure an important nursing construct would be an example of a secondary analysis.
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False
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Qualitative and quantitative research have complementary strengths and weaknesses.
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True
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Qualitative data are more profitably integrated into studies that are basically quantitative than vice versa.
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False
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The use of qualitative methods as a preliminary step in the development of structured instruments is an approach to building validity into the instruments.
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True
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Most nursing research involves a multimethod approach.
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False
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