Deck 11: Specific Types of Quantitative Research

Question 1

What occurs in a sequential clinical trial?

A) Data are continuously analyzed as they become available.
B) The first half of the subjects is assigned tothe experimental group and the second half is assigned to the control group.
C) Preference is used to assign subjects to either the experimental or control condition.
D) Stopping rules are only used if subjects are exposed to risk of harm or discomfort.

Answer 1

Data are continuously analyzed as they become available.

Question 2

Which phase of a clinical trial requires an experimental design?

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV

Answer 2

III

Question 3

Which phase of a clinical trial involves seeking opportunities for refinements and preliminary evidence of efficacy?

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV

Answer 3

II

Question 4

What type of research would occur if a nurse researcher wanted to determine how well a prenatal program was meeting its objectives?

A) Delphi survey
B) Evaluation
C) Needs assessment
D) Survey

Question 5

When is an experimental design most likely to be used?

A) Impact analyses
B) Outcome analyses
C) Process evaluations
D) Formative evaluations

Question 6

When are qualitative data most likely to be collected?

A) Impact analysis
B) Outcome analysis
C) Process analysis
D) Cost-benefit analysis

Question 7

Which factor is not utilized in Donabedian's framework for outcomes research?

A) Outcomes
B) Interactions
C) Processes
D) Structures

Question 8

What would the nurse researcher who is interested in learning whether self- administered health history questionnaires yielded results comparable to a personal interview health history form be doing?

A) Secondary analysis
B) Content analysis
C) Methodologic study
D) Survey

Question 9

What is the U.S. Census?

A) Survey
B) Evaluation
C) Needs assessment
D) Secondary analysis

Question 10

A nurse researcher used the U.S. Census data to examine the relationship between women's labor force participation and fertility. What does this represent?

A) Survey
B) Evaluation
C) Needs assessment
D) Secondary analysis

Question 11

The nurse researcher is conducting a needs assessment to estimate the needs of a cardiac support group. What does a needs assessment often use?

A) Behavioral objectives
B) Stopping rules
C) Key informants
D) Cost-benefit analysis

Question 12

The nurse researcher is interested in this type of research to assess the effectiveness of clinical interventions that often involve a series of phases. What type of research can provide this information?

A) Clinical trials
B) Sequential clinical trials
C) Practical clinical trials
D) Pragmatic clinical trials

Question 13

This type of research aims to reduce the gap between efficacy and effectiveness studies, such as between internal and external validity.

A) Clinical trial
B) Evaluation design
C) Hybrid design
D) Sequential clinical trial

Question 14

Which type of analysis would the nurse researcher use to test whether a program caused net impacts relative to the counterfactual?

A) Process
B) Implementation
C) Outcome
D) Impact

Question 15

What type of research examines the quality and effectiveness of healthcare and nursing services?

A) Evaluation
B) Outcomes
C) Survey
D) Delphi

Question 16

The nurse researcher is reading about a replication study. What is a systematic extension replication?

A) Exact duplication of methods of an earlier study
B) Close approximation but not exact duplication of methods
C) Deliberate attempts to test the implications of the original research
D) Concerned with the development,validation, and assessment of methodologic tools of strategies

Question 17

The nurse researcher is reading about a replication study. What is virtual replication?

A) Exact duplication of methods of an earlier study
B) Close approximation but not exact duplication of methods
C) Deliberate attempts to test the implications of the original research
D) Concerned with the development,validation, and assessment of methodologic tools of strategies

Question 18

The nurse researcher is reading about a replication study. What is identical replication?

A) Exact duplication of methods of an earlier study
B) Close approximation but not exact duplication of methods
C) Deliberate attempts to test the implications of the original research
D) Concerned with the development,validation, and assessment of methodologic tools of strategies

Question 19

What is a black box?

A) Concerned with the development,validation, and assessment of methodologic tools or strategies
B) Designed to obtain information about the prevalence, distribution, and interrelations of phenomena within a population
C) Constructs of interest to nurse researchers that have defied measurement efforts
D) The underlying, unmeasured causes or mediators of the observed effects of an intervention

Question 20

Which phase do randomized clinical trials take place?

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV