Which study would be representative of methodologic research?
A) Assessment of nurses' attitudes and knowledge regarding pain management
B) The relationship between need satisfaction, support, and maternal attachment in the adolescent mother-infant dyad
C) Sibling perceptions of childhood physical and mental chronic illness, a secondary analysis of three data sets
D) Development and further testing in the critical care setting of an instrument to measure comfort provided by nurses

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Correct D: Instrument development is an example of methodologic research.
Incorrect A: Assessment of nurses' attitudes and knowledge regarding pain management would be an example of descriptive research.
Incorrect B: Relationships among variables is an example of correlational research.
Incorrect C: Secondary analysis is reexamination of data already connected and is not associated with instrument development.

Which Study Would Be Representative of Methodologic Research