Which of the following best describe a researcher striving for rigor in a study? The researcher has:
A) created a minimally controlled study design, to depict a more natural setting.
B) developed an instrument especially for this study to precisely measure anxiety.
C) found a highly reliable and valid instrument used in several previous studies with good results.
D) recruited 1000 qualified nursing students to participate in the study.

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A rigorously conducted quantitative study has precise measuring tools, a representative sample, and a tightly controlled study design.
Creating a tightly controlled design will help show causality between dependent and independent variables.
If it is a researcher-developed instrument, the validity and reliability are in question.
It does not say how the sample was selected, so it is not known if it is representative.

Which of the Following Best Describe a Researcher Striving for Rigor