A researcher is interested in studying lifestyle management in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. The researcher contacts the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America to determine how to best access this patient population. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are an example of which of...
,Sampling in research may be defined as:
a. insurance that each person has a chance of being included in the study.
b. establishment of criteria for eligibility to participate in a study.
c. identification of the population in which the researcher is interested.
d. selection of a subset of a population to represent the whole population. - CORRECT
ANSWERS-ANS: D
Sampling involves selecting a group of people, events, behaviors, or other elements
with which to conduct a study. Samples are expected to represent a population of
people.
A researcher is interested in studying lifestyle management in patients with
inflammatory bowel disease. The researcher contacts the Crohn's and Colitis
Foundation of America to determine how to best access this patient population. Patients
with inflammatory bowel disease are an example of which of the following?
a. Accessible population
b. Element
c. Sample
d. Target population - CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: D
The target population is the entire set of individuals who meet the sampling criteria.
Subjects who participate in a study of patients with inflammatory bowel disease are
described as the:
a. accessible population.
b. element.
c. sample.
d. target population. - CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: C
A sample is that group of people who are representing the entire population and
participating in the study. Samples are expected to represent an entire population.
,The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America referred the interested researcher to a
local chapter of the organization. The local chapter agreed to send out letters on behalf
of the researcher inviting potential subjects to contact the researcher if they are willing
to participate in a study. Potential subjects in this situation would be described as the:
a. accessible population.
b. element.
c. sample.
d. target population. - CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: A
An accessible population is the portion of the target population to which the researcher
has reasonable access.
The population from which the researcher selects the actual study sample is referred to
as the:
a. accessible population.
b. scientific population.
c. target population.
d. theoretical population. - CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: A
An accessible population is the portion of the target population to which the researcher
has reasonable access. The sample is obtained from the accessible population.
In a study of liver transplant recipients, the researcher specifies that the subjects must
be 18 years of age or older and the recipient of only one liver transplant. These criteria
are an example of:
a. demographic attributes.
b. exclusion criteria.
c. extraneous variables.
d. inclusion criteria. - CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: D
, Inclusion criteria are those characteristics that the subject or element must possess to
be part of the target population.
The adequacy of a sample would be primarily based on which of the following criteria?
a. Method chosen for sample selection
b. Representativeness of the population
c. Size of the total population
d. Willingness of subjects to participate - CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: B
A sample needs to be representative in terms of characteristics, such as age, gender,
ethnicity, income, and education
A sample that accurately reflects the characteristics of the population from which it is
drawn is a:
a. cluster sample.
b. purposive sample.
c. random sample.
d. representative sample. - CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: D
Representativeness means that the sample, accessible population, and target
population are alike in as many ways as possible.
Sample attrition would be reflected by the:
a. average death rate of the population under study.
b. inability to access identified members of a population.
c. number of patients who die while participating in a study.
d. number of patients who drop out of a study. - CORRECT ANSWERS-ANS: D
Sample attrition or mortality is the withdrawal or loss of subjects from a study
The term "comparison group" in research refers to the group of patients in a:
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