Sampling Strategy
Measurement and Data Collection
Selecting the Appropriate Design
Quantitative questions and procedures
Qualitative Research Questions and Procedures
100
When subjects elect not to participate in a study and/or drop out of a study, this can lead to
What is Sampling Bias
100
A researcher is interested in determining whether an instrument has stability over time. What test should be conducted?
What is Test re-Test Reliability
100
Which of the following research designs is used to answer questions that seek to investigate causality?
What is Experimental
100
Which variable is not part of the central study but exerts an effect:
What is Extraneous Variable
100
The criteria for merit in qualitative research is signified by which of the following terms?
What is Trustworthiness
200
The only way to be sure that a sample represents a population is if it incorporates the following two essential criteria
What is Random selection and independence
200
Which of the following term describes the consistency with which an instrument or test measures what it is supposed to measure and yields the same results on repeated trails?
What is Reliability
200
The variables that portrays the sample or some characteristic of the phenomenon under study is referred to as the
What is Descriptive Variables
200
The quantitative design that is considered the Gold Standard
What is Experimental Study
200
This term describes when a sample size is big enough in Qualitative research.
What is Saturation
300
The measurement of the magnitude of the impact of an intervention is referred to as the
What is Effect Size
300
A researcher is interested in determining whether the measurement of an instrument to be used in a research study makes sense. What assessment should be made?
What is Content Validity
300
Experimental studies measure cause and effect. The variable that is synonymous with the “cause” is referred to as the:
What is Independent Variable
300
When examining the worth of any instrument for a quantitative research project, what are the most important issues to consider?
What is reliability and Validity
300
Prolonged engagement, bracketing, triangulation, and audit trail are all ways to limit
What is Bias
400
The selection of a sample based on subjects who are accessible to the researcher is called:
What is Convenience sampling
400
A non-reproducible error that arises from a variety of factors in measurement and does not affect the average scores but do affect the variation that exists around the average is called the
What is Random Error
400
The variable that is synonymous with the outcome of interest is called the:
What is Dependent Variable
400
The scale that presents a set of attitude statements and a continuum of possible answers on a five to seven point scale of numbers is referred to as a
What is Likert Scale
400
The researcher mentor explains to the assigned research students that the focus of the intended research project is to generate a theory that explains a pattern of behavior that is problematic and relevant to the participants involved in the study. Based on the information presented, which type of qualitative research study does this research mentor intend to conduct?
What is A Grounded Theory Study
500
The potential participants who meet the definition of the population and are accessible to the researcher is referred to as the
What is Sampling frame
500
A nurse researcher is measuring blood pressures of women who are diagnosed with pre-eclampsia. The sphygmomanometer has not been calibrated correctly, which results in inaccurate readings. What type of error is this?
What is Systematic error
500
A research study design that examines causality where the treatment is introduced to a group but random assignment and/or a control group is missing is called a:
What is Quasi-experimental design
500
Which of the following types of quantitative research designs quantifies the strength and the direction of the relationship of two variables in a single subject or the relationship between a single variable in two samples?
What is Correlation Research
500
In which of the following qualitative research approach is the primary goal to gain access to the lived human experiences?
What is Phenomenology
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