NUR 351 Exam 3 | Q & A (Complete Solutions) Identify the dependent variable in the following research question: In a group of female adolescents, what is the effect of a web-based HPV vaccine educational program in comparison to face-to-face HPV vaccine educational program on HPV immunization ra...
Identify the dependent variable in the following research question: In a group of female
adolescents, what is the effect of a web-based HPV vaccine educational program in
comparison to face-to-face HPV vaccine educational program on HPV immunization
rates?
a. HPV immunization rates
b. Web-based HPV vaccine program
c. Female adolescents
d. Face-to-face HPV vaccine program
Researchers conducted a randomized control trial to determine the effectiveness of a
new drug for depression. What type of research design was used in this study?
a. Correlational
b. Experimental
c. Descriptive
d. Quasi-experimental
A correlational research design has both a control group and an experimental group.
a. True
b. False
A researcher is studying self-efficacy in a sample of new mothers. Data will be collected
at 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year after birth to determine the level of self-efficacy.
What type of research design is most appropriate for this study?
a. Cross-sectional
b. Longitudinal
c. Experimental
d. Quasi-experimental
In a blind study, only data collectors have information about participants and
intervention agents.
a. True
b. False
A nurse researcher plans to study the effect of an innovative educational intervention on
teaching adults with chronic lung disease to take their medications. Clinic clients will be
randomly assigned to treatment or control groups. Which design would be selected?
,a. Cross-sectional
b. Quasi-experimental
c. Non-experimental
d. Experimental
A nurse researcher plans to study the effect of a nurse residency program on job
retention in newly graduated nurses. The study involves a control group of new
graduates who did not participate in the residency program. What is the independent
variable in this study?
a. Nurse residency program
b. New-graduate status
c. New-graduate nurses
d. Job retention
A nurse researcher studies the effect of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) on post-
operative adult clients' pain levels. What is the dependent variable in this study?
a. Adult clients
b. Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)
c. Post-operative status
d. Pain level
When reviewing research terminology, the nurse defines major terms. When a variable
can be manipulated to cause an effect on the dependent variable, what is it called?
(Select all that apply.)
a. Treatment
b. Control variable
c. Independent variable
d. Intervention
e. Dependent variable
A staff nurse works with clients receiving chemotherapy as part of a blind study. What
design type would always be used in a blind study?
a. Non-experimental
b. Correlational
c. Quasi-experimental
d. Experimental
A researcher is gathering data for a quantitative study. He knows what info he needs to
obtain and can develop appropriate questions to gain this information. What type of data
collection method is best to use to collect the necessary information?
, a. Self-reports
b. Focus group
c. Biophysiologic measures
d. Observations
A large number of patient satisfaction surveys indicate inadequate pain control on a
surgical unit in an acute care hospital. The chief nursing officer needs to address this
issue and asks the nurses on the surgical unit to measure their patient's pain once per
shift. Which scale is the most appropriate to use to gather this data?
a. Visual analog scale
b. Rating scale
c. Likert scale
d. Faces scale
An advantage of using biophysiologic measures to assess clinical variables is the
accuracy and precision of the data.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following data collection methods are commonly used in qualitative
studies? (Select all that apply.)
a. In-depth interviews
b. Surveys
c. Self-report
d. Photographs
e. Participant observation
In qualitative research studies, the researcher never participate in any way with the
social group being observed.
a. True
b. False
A nursing student studies data collection in nursing research. What is the most widely
used data collection method by nurse researchers?
a. Records
b. Biophysologic measures
c. Self-reports
d. Observation
A researcher is planning a study in which pain levels are measured. What is the name
of a self-report pain scale that utilizes a straight line measuring 100 mm?
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