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Quiz by Kayla Loos, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Kayla Loos
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Question 1
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A reliability coefficient of 0.6 :
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Desirable
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Undesirable
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Acceptable
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Workable if needed
Question 2
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Validity based on whether the instrument looks as though it is measuring the appropriate construct is known as:
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Face validity
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Content
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Criterion-related validity
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Construct validity
Question 3
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The instrument’s ability to correctly identify non-cases, that is, to screen out those without the condition, is known as the sensitivity of the instrument.
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- True
- False
Question 4
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Which of the following types of self reporting involve the use of a discussion moderator?
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Unstructured interviews
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Semi-structured interviews
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Focus group interviews
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Life Histories
Question 5
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Which of the following best describes a scenario in which sample members are hand-picked by a researcher to achieve certain goals of the study
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Convenience (accidental) sampling
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Snowball (network) sampling
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Quota sampling
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Purposive sampling
Question 6
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Which of the qualitative traditions can involve a sample size as large as 50 participants?
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Theoretical sampling
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Ethnography
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Phenomenology
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Grounded theory
Question 7
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The number of study participants in the final sample is known as the study group.
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- True
- False
Question 8
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What offers an explanation not only of the relationship between variables but also of the nature of the relationship?
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Hypothesis
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Theory
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Statistics
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Predictions
Question 9
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You are learning about central concepts in conceptual models of nursing. Of the
following, which would you know is a central concept in a conceptual model of
nursing?
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Treatment modality
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Environment
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Medical support
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Social support
Question 10
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You are a researcher doing theory-testing research. What is one of your goals?
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To rule out competing explanations for the observed relationships
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To explain unexpected findings
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To rule out unexpected findings
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To explain incidental findings
Question 11
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The nurse researcher has designed a study where the researcher will simultaneously manipulate two independent variables. What is the design of the study?
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Pretest post-test design
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Factorial design
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Time series design
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Crossover design
Question 12
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A nurse researcher is conducting a quasi-experimental study. What is this study especially susceptible to?
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Threats to generalizability
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Threats to internal validity
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Threats to randomization
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Threats to external validity
Question 13
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What is a detailed description of powerful statistical control mechanisms?
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Variant analysis
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Statistical variant validity
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Analysis of covariance
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Statistical conclusion validity
Question 14
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A nursing student is participating in a research study that uses observational methods to explore universal behavioural structures. What tradition is this study based on?
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Ethnography
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Hermeneutics
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Ethnomethodology
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Ethology
Question 15
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A nurse is reading a research report. The study that is the subject of the report focuses on the environment's influence on human behaviour. What type of study is it?
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Ethnomethodologic
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Phenomenonologic
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Grounded theory
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Ecological psychology
Question 16
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A new trend in nursing is to design research studies with an ideologic perspective. What is a type of research with an ideologic perspective?
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Grounded theory
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Feminist research
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Emergent design
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Symbolic interaction
Question 17
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When a study is based on the realities and viewpoints of those under study, what study design is it?
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Hermeneutics
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Ecological psychology
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Ethnomethodology
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Emergent design
Question 18
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When planning a qualitative research study, advance planning is important in some areas. What is one area where advance planning is important?
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Identification of the key “gatekeepers”
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Identification of the statistical tests to be used
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The use of hermeneutics in the study
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The use of ethology in the study
Question 19
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When a clinical trial is necessary, what phase of the trial requires an experimental design?
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Phase I
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Phase II
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Phase III
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Phase IV
Question 20
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A nurse researcher knows that the integration of qualitative and quantitative data can be used to address research goals that the different theories alone cannot address. What is one of these applications?
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Enhanced validity
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Complementarity
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Creating new frontiers
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Instrumentation
Question 21
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You are a researcher involved in an intensive investigation. You will be collecting data
over an extended period of time. What type of study are you involved in?
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Case study
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Outcome analysis
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Process analysis
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Clinical trial
Question 22
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What does probability sampling allow the researcher to do that non-probablity sampling
does not?
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Estimate the probability of a positive hypothesis
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Estimate the probability of representativeness
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Estimate the accuracy of randomness
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Estimate the magnitude of sampling error
Question 23
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Sometimes vignettes, or brief descriptions of situations, are given to subjects and they
are asked to respond. What can vignettes easily be incorporated into?
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Focus group interviews
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Questionnaires
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Observational rating scales
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Q sorts
Question 24
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The nursing instructor is discussing Q sorts with her students. What statement is true
about Q sorts?
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Q sorts are typically administered through the mail.
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Q sorts are rarely done with fewer than 50 statements to be sorted.
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The number of piles in a Q sort is an even number.
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The dimension along which statements are always sorted in a Q sort is agree/disagree.
Question 25
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You are designing a research study that will collect data on vital capacity. What type of
data will you be gathering?
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In vivo
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Observational
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Self-Reported
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In vitro
Question 26
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A researcher is conducting a study of a new mother's perceptions of her infant's personality from birth to 4 months of age. To do this, the researcher is using a series of scales with bipolar adjectives along which respondents rate their reactions toward phenomena. What is this technique?
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Visual analog scale
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Semantic differential
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Participant observation
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Time sampling
Question 27
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You have designed a study with multiple psychological variables. Which of the following traits would be a good candidate for a test–retest reliability assessment?
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Anxiety level
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Fear of heights
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Mood
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Fatigue
Question 28
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As a quantitative researcher, which of the following qualities would be an aspect of reliability you are interested in?
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Trustworthiness
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Credibility
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Equivalence
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Truthfulness
Question 29
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You are graphing test scores and find that the bulk of the scores occurred at the upper end of the distribution. You would know the distribution could be described as which of the following?
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Normal
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Bimodal
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Positively skewed
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Negatively skewed
Question 30
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You are critiquing a research study of four groups. You would expect the researcher to use a statistical procedure that determines whether a significant difference exists between four group means on a dependent variable measured on an interval scale. What is this statistical procedure?
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t-test
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ANOVA
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MANOVA
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Chi-squared test
Question 31
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You are at the stage in your study where you are going to use test statistics. The steps involved in using test statistics include: (1) Comparing the test statistic to a tabled value; (2) determining the degrees of freedom; (3) determining the appropriate statistic to be used; (4) computing a test statistic; and (5) selecting a level of significance. In what order do you perform these steps?
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5, 3, 1, 2, 4
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4, 2, 1, 5, 4
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2, 4, 1, 3, 5
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3, 5, 4, 2, 1
Question 32
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When is an analysis of variance used in a research study?
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When the researcher wants to test the mean group differences of three or more groups.
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When the researcher wants to test extraneous variables
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When the researcher wants to test the outcome of post hoc tests
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When the researcher wants to test a predictive variable
Question 33
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A research study is attempting to predict success in nursing school based on 10 characteristics (e.g., age, marital status, or number of children). You would expect them to use which analysis?
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Multiple regression
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ANCOVA
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Discriminant function analysis
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Factor analysis
Question 34
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The analysis style that best characterizes ethnographic studies would be described as:
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Qualitative content analysis
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Template analysis style
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Editing analysis style
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Immersion/crystallization style
Question 35
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As a researcher you are using Diekelmann's seven-stage process of hermeneutic analysis. When applying Diekelmann's process to your study you must identify what?
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An appropriate metaphor
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A constitutive pattern
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A hermeneutic circle
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An exemplar
Question 36
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The phenomenologists all had slightly different beliefs and practices about the theories they espoused. Which phenomenologist specifically considered member checking inappropriate?
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Colaizzi
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Giorgi
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Glaser
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Strauss
Question 37
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Qualitative researchers make sense of their data in different ways. Which researcher encourages gleaning thematic descriptions from artistic sources?
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Leininger
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Van Kaam
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Spradley
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Van Manen
Question 38
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You are writing a critique of an integrative review, and you know that an issue that is important to evaluate is which of the following?
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Is the topic of the review important to the medical profession?
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Did the reviewer do a good job pulling together and summarizing the evidence?
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Was the data analysis done the way you would have done it?
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Was the sample size small enough to provide adequate insight into the subject?
Question 39
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The researchers are using an editing style of qualitative analysis. When organizing their data, these researchers will what?
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Develop codes
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Develop anecdotal notes
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Develop data
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Develop processes
Question 40
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You are working with your data and are now further developing your theory in such a way that you are exploring its applicability to other settings or groups. You are in the process of what?
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Synthesizing
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Re-contextualizing
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Comprehending
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Theorizing
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