Experimental Research
Quasi-Experimental Research
Non-Experimental
Misc
Misc. Terminology
100

The notation for this design is 

O  X  O

a. one group pretest-posttest design

b. posttest only control group design

c. pretest postest control group design

d. qualitative control group design

What is one group pretest-posttest design? 

100

A researcher uses a specific innovative teaching method with one section of a course and uses the traditional teaching method with the other section of the class.  This is what type of design? 

Descriptive design

Cohort design

Double Blind

Correlational design

What is a cohort design? 

100

Another way to refer to non-experimental designs, which are often used to characterize a phenomena or examine a relationship between variables. 

Correlational research

Pre-experimental research

Descriptive research

Longitudinal research

What is pre-experimental research? 

100

What is the general term for the method that investigates the effect of an independent variable on a dependent variable?

Experimental method

quasi-experimental method

non experimental method

What is experimental method

100

A researcher is concerned with whether or not a studies results are generalizable to a similar group or to the population. 

externa validity

internal validity

extraneous validity

historical validity

What is external validity? 

200

The study designed to describe the meaning of existing phenomena.


A) Experimental study.
B) Correlational study.

C) Descriptive Study

D) Double blind Study.

What is C

200

What three important characteristics are associated with conducting experimental designs

1. Control

2. Random Assignment

3. Manipulation

4. Differences

5. theoretical base


What is Control, Random Assignment, and Manipulation.

200

TRIPLE SCORE

A school system is interested in determining the relationship between hours of sleep at night and academic performance in high school students.  they engage in what type of research design?


Double blind study

Correlational study

Pretest posttest study

quasi-experimental study

What is correlational research?

200

TRIPLE SCORE

A researcher understands that the most widely accepted approach to evaluating the effectiveness of an interventions or a treatment in a sample is what type of study

Random Control trial

Single blind study

qualitative study

Randomized posttest only trial

What is a randomized control trial

200

A researcher wanting to ensure that a study's sample has an equal opportunity to be in the experimental group as in the control group should use _____________.

pretest posttest

random assignment

manipulation of the population

Control of components of the design

What is random assignment? 

300

In this type of design, only the participants are unaware of the hypothesis of the study and to which group they are assigned.

Double blind study

single blind randomized control study

non experimental study

qualitative study design

What is single-blinded randomized control study (RTC) ?

300

A researcher designs a study when research participants all receive the treatment and then experience a period of time that they do not receive the treatment. 

Qualitative design

Quasi-experimental design

descriptive design

Double Blind Study design


What is quasi-experimental lacking control? 

300

An inpatient acute rehabilitation facility collects information on one patient with Parkinson's disease over a period of 3 weeks. 

Case Study research

experimental research

quasi-experimental research

Correlational research 

What is quantitative case study research? 

300

What type of validity refers to whether the independent variable made a difference in the study?

What is Internal validity.

300

DAILY DOUBLE

A researcher attempts to eliminate any irrelevant influences on a study's design. 

random assignment

manipulation

control

variables

What is control? 

400

DAILY DOUBLE

What type of research design is appropriate looking to combine the results of many research studies in a specific area and synthesizes their findings to draw conclusions?

1. factorial design

2. meta analysis

3. epidemiological research

4. analytic study

What is a Meta analysis

400

This type of research design is MOST APPROPRIATE when a researcher wants to study naturally occurring situations or it is unethical to use a control group. 

Meta-analysis

Internal Validity

Quasi-experimental

Randomized Control trial

What is quasi-experimental?

400

Studies in which the dependent variable has already occurred, for example a disease or disability are considered _______________


retrospective

prospective

introspective

ultraspective

What is retrospective? 

400

_______________ validity is the degree to which your research measures the construct (as compared to things outside the construct).

What is an construct validity? 

400

DAILY DOUBLE

What is the variable that researchers try to manipulate?

What is independent variable

500

What type of research design does this notion indicate? 

R  O  X  O

1. pretest posttest control group design

2.  Posttest only control group design

3. one group pretest posttest design

What is pre-test - post-test control group design 


500

Following the identification of a researchable problem, what must the nurse do? 

A) Obtain a list of possible outcomes.

B) Evaluate the number of ways to collect data

 C) Select literature relevant to the problem.
D) Determine a source appropriate to collect data. 

What is Ans: C

Feedback:

Literature review is the process of selecting published materials that have relevance to the potential research.

500

An OTR sent out a questionaire to individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)  to determine the impact of RA on quality of life.  

historical research

qualitative research

survey research

meta analysis

What is survey research? 

500

TRIPLE SCORE

A _______________ research design investigates relationships between two variables (or more) without the researcher controlling or manipulating any of them.

What is a correlational research design

500

Nursing research is linked most closely to:
A) propositions.
B) outcome measures.
C) treatments.
D) nursing process.

Ans: D
Feedback:
Many similarities are found between the formalized research process and the nursing process format that is an integral part of nursing education.

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