Quality or Quantity
Reading Research
Hypotheses
IVs/DVs
Measurements
100
What is the decision-making process of AIDS patients seeking treatment?
Qualitative
100
This section of the report describes the research design
What is the Methods section
100
The incidence of decubitus ulcers is related to the age of the patient. Directional or Non-Directional?
What is The Research Hypothesis is Non-Directional
100
Nurses who initiate more conversation with patients are rated by patients as more effective in their nursing care plan than those who initiate less conversation. Identify the IV
What is Conversation
100
This is concerned with the accuracy of measurements
What is Reliability
200
What effect does room temperature have on the colonization of bacteria in urinary catheters
Quantitative
200
This section identifies the research questions or hypotheses
What is the Introduction
200
Nurses who initiate more conversation with patients are rated by patients as more effective in their nursing care than nurses who initiate less conversation. Simple or Complex?
What is This Hypothesis is Simple
200
Nurses who initiate more conversation with patients are rated by patients as more effective in their nursing care plan than those who initiate less conversation. Identify the DV
What is Nursing care plan
200
How well the instrument measures what it is supposed to measure
What is Validity
300
What are sources of stress among nursing home residents?
What is Quantitative
300
This section presents a brief summary of the major features of the study
What is the Abstract
300
Nurse Practitioners have more job mobility than do other Registered Nurses
What is This hypothesis is Directional
300
Women who give birth by C-section are more likely to experience postpartum depression than women who give birth vaginally. Identify the DV
What is Postpartum depression
300
Level of measurement with categories that can be organized into levels of functional status, such as: Very poor functional status, Poor functional status, Average functional status, Good functional status, Very good functional status
What is Ordinal-scale measurement
400
Does therapeutic touch affect the vital signs of hospitalized patients?
What is Quantitative
400
In qualitative studies, this section describes the themes that emerged from the data
What is the Discussion
400
There is no relationship between participation in prenatal classes and the health outcomes of infants.
What is the Null Hypothesis
400
Women who give birth by C-section are more likely to experience postpartum depression than women who give birth vaginally. Identify the IV
What is C-section
400
The smaller the error of measurement, the higher the reliability True or False?
What is True
500
What is the meaning of hope among stage IV cancer patients?
What is Qualitative
500
This section offers the rationale for the study and describes its significance
What is the Introduction
500
Media exposure regarding the health hazards of smoking is unrelated to the public's smoking habits.
What is the Null Hypothesis
500
Appendectomy patients whose peritoneums are drained with a Jackson-Pratt drain will experience more peritoneal infection than patients who are not drained. Identify IV and DV
What is IV=Jackson-Pratt DV=Peritoneal infection
500
If a scale is not reliable, which of the following is true? a. The scale is free of measurement error b. The internal consistency will be lower than the reliability c. The reliability may be improved by making it smaller d. The scale can not be valid
What is D. The scale can not be valid. Rationale: A scale that is not reliable cannot provide a valid measure of an attribute.
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