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A study looks at DM's effect on BP. There is the extra burden of herbal meds, which are considered...
Dependent variables
Extraneous variables
Independent variables
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You are looking to see if music affects the height of plants. What's the independent variable?
Plant height
Music
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What is intervention fidelity?
Population agrees to follow the researchers' rule
Researchers act/answer the exact same way
The instruments are reliable
Researchers follow up on promised interventions
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Which is NOT a part of informed consent?
The participants usually sign a consent form
The participants have to stay till the end of the study
The participants can comprehend the information
The participants have adequate info about the research
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Each subset of a specific size from a population has an equal chance of being selected
Non-probability sampling
Simple random sampling
Cluster sampling
Purposive sampling
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A cross-sectional study looks at 2 groups of people at the same period of time
True
False
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Which does NOT describe quantitative research?
Variables controlled as much as possible
Broad questions
Large sample size
Randomization
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A group of persons/entities with commonalities
Population
Group
Accessible population
Sample
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Type of descriptive study where there is self-reported data, collected by mail, email, telephone, or internet
Correlational
Random
Experimental
Survey
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A longitudinal study looks at the same people for a long period of time
False
True
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A Pearson r coefficient is -0.9. What does this mean?
There is a negative relationship, but we don't know if it's good or bad
It's a positive relationship & it is good
It's a negative relationship & it is bad
It's a negative relationship & it is good
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Name the research: studies relationships, recognizes trends, no manipulation of variables
Survey
Experimental
Descriptive
Correlational
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The researcher has the welfare of the participants as the goal of the study. What is this called?
Beneficence
Right to fair treatment
Nonmaleficience
Autonomy
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A client know the researchers wants him to answer "A", so he does. This is called...
Hawthorne effect
Coercion theory
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What does the P value mean?
The strength of relationship between 2 variables
The potential causes in an experimental study
The probability of what will happen by chance?
The percentage of people who will likely drop out
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Non-maleficence is the right to freedom from harm/exploitation, to minimize harm.
True
False
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This type of hypothesis says there is no significance between the two variables.
Scientific method hypothesis
Null hypothesis
Experimental hypothesis
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Name the study: independent variable not touched, no randomization, has control & experimental groups
Quasi-experimental
Experimental
Descriptive
Correlational
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A BP cuff on a mannequin reads similar values each time. The cuff is said to be...
Valid
Confirmable
Reliable
Trustworthy
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Which is NOT a type of quantitative research?
Cohort Research Design
Quasi-Experimental
Descriptive
Correlational
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Which one of the levels of evidence is incorrect?
Level III = quasi-experimental studies
Level I = descriptive/qualitative studies
Level IV = case-control/cohort studies
Level II = randomized control trails
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Although the control group doesn't get the intervention, what MUST they receive (per IRB)?
Pseudo-intervention
The "usual care"
A placebo
An alternative therapy
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This began in 1947, as a result of the Nazi Third Reich, establishes an International Code of ethics
Declaration of Helsinki
Belmont Report
Nuremberg Code of Conduct
Institutional Review Board
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Which is NOT one of the 3 key criteria for causality?
A factor related to both Cause & Effect is the real cause
The Cause must preceed the Effect in time
Association b/t Cause & Effect is required
Presumed Cause & Effect can't be explained by a confounder
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The view of the discipline, w/ subject, concepts, values, beliefs, phenomenons & central problems
Domain
Abstract
Results
Paradigm
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What is the most important part of research, that drives everything?
The protection of human subjects
The IRB's approval
The Clinical/PICOT question
The type of study
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Correlational research proves cause-and-effect
False
True
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Name the study: a study looking at those with depression, to see if they previously had a miscarriage
Correlational design (in general)
Prospective correlational design
Cohort research design
Retrospective correlational design
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Has a well-defined population, adequate size, randomization, control of variables, consistent delivery of interventions
Experimental research
Randomized Control Trial (RCT)
Correlational research
Cohort study
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Pet therapy has helped rehab patients. It's ability to have the same results in nursing students is called...
Transferability
Validity
Confirmability
Dependability
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A variable outside of those being studied, that may influence the data being collected
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Extraneous variable
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The researcher has 21 variables, and calculates the middle variable. What is this middle variable called?
Median
Mean
Mode
Range
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A BP measures what it is supposed to -- a blood pressure, rather than heart rate. The BP cuff is considered...
Valid
Reliable
Transferable
Confirmable
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An attribute of a person, group or thing that when measured, has 2+ categories/possible values
Characteristic
Variable
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Which person is least likely to be considered a vulnerable subject?
A college-educated adult
A pregnant woman
An adult with Downs-syndrome
11yo boy living in a housing project
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A method of measurement that is consistent is said to be...
Reliable
Consistent
Trustworthy
Valid
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A measurement where the difference between the 2 values is meaningful
Continuous variable
Interval variable
Ordinal variable
Nominal variable
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Which sampling method is BEST?
Convenience
Cluster
Simple random
Quota
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"I joined this study & you should too!" is an example of snowball sampling
True
False
