I am aiming to do the below ethnographic study. What would be the best methods?

Natural environment, complete observation

Internal validity is:

How ‘real’ a measured intervention effect is

A phenomenological study investigates:

Individual perspectives and experiences

I want to evaluate patient satisfaction with meals at a 300-bed hospital. What is the best data collection method?

Questionnaire with Likert scale

A study has the below research question. What is it's PICO?

P:Patients, I:Hydrocolloid dressing, C:Dry dressing, O:Post-op infection

What is an explanatory research design?

Quantitative methods, followed by qualitative methods

A semi-structured interview:

Loosely follows a schedule of open-ended questions or prompts

Is how well results can be applied to other settings

What is data triangulation?

Using a variety of data sources in a study

What is a specific benefit of action research?

It implements research into the “real world”

What is sampling for a research study?

Selection and recruitment of participants for a study

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1
An experimental design must have:
Manipulation
Placebo
Blinding
Allocation concealment
2
I am aiming to do the below ethnographic study. What would be the best methods?
Natural environment, observer as participant
Natural environment, complete observation
Focus group, observer as participant
Focus group, participant as observer
3
Internal validity is:
How generalisable results are to other populations
How ‘real’ a measured intervention effect is
How consistently a series of items measures the same concept
Whether a measure is accurate
4
A phenomenological study investigates:
Cultures and beliefs
Individual perspectives and experiences
All of the above
Social theories
5
I want to evaluate patient satisfaction with meals at a 300-bed hospital. What is the best data collection method?
Questionnaire with nominal scale
Questionnaire with Likert scale
Unstructured interview
Semi-structured interview
6
What is one of the most common methods of qualitative data analysis?
Discourse analysis
Descriptive statistics
Thematic analysis
Inferential statistics
7
Which database is specifically for nursing and allied health research?
CINAHL
Cochrane
Scopus
Medline
8
A study has the below research question. What is it's PICO?
P: Infection, I: Hydrocolloid dressings, Co: Post-operative care
P:Patients, I:Dry dressing, C:Hydrocolloid dressing, O:Post-op infection
P:Patients, I:Hydrocolloid dressing, C:Dry dressing, O:Post-op infection
P: Infection, I: Patients, Co: Type of dressing
9
The table compares values for males and females in a study. Which is the statistically significant result?
b
a
d
c
10
Questionnaires are:
Always an accurate way to gather quantitative data
Only useful in quantitative research
Better when used in qualitative research
Cost-effective and efficient
11
What is the primary reason you should NOT implement the following evidence into practice?
It has a low level of evidence
There are no significant results to implement
It’s beyond my scope of practice
You should only implement results from RCTs
12
What is an explanatory research design?
Any combination of research methods
Quantitative methods, followed by qualitative methods
Qualitative methods, followed by quantitative methods
Quantitative methods and qualitative methods conducted at the same time
13
I need a representative sample that reflects the number of patients in different hospital wards. What method do I use?
Purposive
Convenience
Stratified random
Simple random
14
What is the type of scale below, and what level of measurement does it provide?
Likert, nominal
Multiple choice, ordinal
Likert, ordinal
Multiple choice, nominal
15
What is the following sampling strategy?
Cluster random sampling
Convenience sampling
Simple random sampling
Purposive sampling
16
A semi-structured interview:
Has no particular structure
Follows a set of open-ended questions that must be strictly adhered to
Loosely follows a schedule of open-ended questions or prompts
Is only a good data collection technique for very experienced researchers
17
What are the concepts the researcher identified below called?
Themes
Quotes
Codes
Content analysis
18
If a researcher excludes people with a certain ethnicity from a drug trial, what ethical principle may be violated?
Justice
Beneficence
Autonomy
Privacy
19
Transferability:
Measures how well a study methodology ensures accurate results
Measures how consistent results are when measured by different people
Is easily ensured with an RCT design
Is how well results can be applied to other settings
20
What is the best way to determine an appropriate sample size for qualitative research?
Theoretical saturation
Using a power analysis
10-20 is appropriate
The highest number of participants you can recruit
21
What is data triangulation?
Using multiple perspectives to interpret data
Using multiple methods to study a single problem
Using a variety of data sources in a study
Using several different researchers
22
Grounded theory aims to:
Establish a social theory
Understand cultural nuances in society
Compare the differences between groups
Determine people’s lived experiences
23
The mode of the numbers 3, 8, 4, 3, 2, 7, 6, 3, 2, 6, 2, 3 is
6
3
7
2
24
What is this study design of the below project?
Cohort study
Case control study
Quasi-experimental study
Randomised controlled trial
25
A qualitative study uses audit trails and peer-checking. What aspects of trustworthiness does this address?
Confirmability, credibility
Credibility, dependability
Confirmability, dependability
Dependability, transferability
26
What is beneficence?
Doing no harm
Fairness
Confidentiality
Doing good/providing benefits
27
What is a specific benefit of action research?
It tests interventions
It allows for controlled experimental methods
It is a sequential process
It implements research into the “real world”
28
What is sampling for a research study?
Assignment of participants to treatment and control groups
Selection and recruitment of participants for a study
Running a pilot test to see if a treatment works
Deciding on inclusion and exclusion criteria
29
A study will not recruit participants if they are under 18 years old. What is this an example of?
Bias
Inclusion criteria
Bad ethical conduct
Exclusion criteria
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What is this study design of the below project?
Cohort study
Quasi-experimental study
Randomised controlled trial
Case control study

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