Qn 1 : most likely to increase external validity
Ans : B) Randomly assigning subjects to groups
Qn 2 : reliability and validity of tool
Ans : A) a tool can be reliable even if it's not valid
Qn 3 : common sampling in phenomenological study
Ans : B) purposive sampling
Qn 4 : Sampling method used
Ans : C)stratified random sampling
Qn 5 : mixed method study
Ans : A) study testing effects of noise and light reduction in three ICUs
Which of the following actions taken by the researcher would MOST likely improve the external validity...
Which of the following research questions would you recommend be addressed using a true experimental design? Answers A-D A What is the effect of guided imagery on procedural pain in pediatric patients? B What is the impact of hyperactivity on pre-school attendee satisfaction? C What is the effect of maternal smoking on premature birth rates? D What is the relationship between intelligence quotient (IQ) and happiness? TU QULOTIUN ? Researchers are interested in determining if their instrument truly measures stages...
SECTION A- Multiple-choice questions. [30 marks] Answer all the questions from this section. Choose the correct answers from the best alternatives given below. 1. What does sampling mean in research______________________. A. Identify people suitable for research B. Sampling using your intelligence guess C. Sampling people, a population D. is a given number of subjects from a defined population which is representative of it 2. When a number of researchers use the same operational definition to achieve the same result, this...
Question 5 Which of the following procedures is specifically meant to increase the external validity of the findings of a well-designed randomized clinical tria? Selected Answers B Using a representative sample selected randomly from the population Answers A Allow participants to select which treatment arm they prefer B. Using a representative sample selected randomly from the population Using a long run-in design C. D. Assigning participants to the different study arms or treatment leveis randomly Question 6 Which of the...
Answer the following questions: 1) Which of the following research designs poses a threat to internal validity called selection? a) one-shot case study b) one-group pretest-post test c) static-group comparison d) one-group 2) This type of research is considered a descriptive methodology in which results of interviews, observations, or questionnaires reveal what is happening at a particular occurrence. It involves recording, describing, analyzing, and interpreting conditions that presently exist. Comparisons and contrasts are attempted to reveal relationships between the non-manipulated...
Which of the following sources would likely be the most reliable? A. a blog post B. an article from an academic journal C. an op-ed piece from a newspaper D. a Wikipedia page
Which epidemiologic tool is least likely to be useful in the conduct of a retrospective cohort research study? A.case ascertainment B. ascertainment of outcomes C. statistical analysis D. surveillance
Which of the following sources would be most likely to have reliable data? A. New England Journal of Medicine B. TMZ C. Fox news D. Wikipedia
1. Which of the following demonstrates a Type I Error? A. A researcher obtains a significant result and rejects the null hypothesis when the result is actually due to random chance and sampling error. B. A researcher obtains a significant result and fails to reject the null hypothesis when the result is actually due to random chance and sampling error. C. A researcher obtains a nonsignificant result and rejects the null hypothesis when the result is actually due to a...
There are many things a researcher must consider when using a questionnaire in research study. Which of the things listed below is of least importance to consider in questionnaire. a. Print the questionnaire on one side of each page. b. Questionnaire reliability and validity evidence. c. Questionnaire items are easy to read and correctly interpreted. d. Efficient procedures for distributing and returning the questionnaire. e. Planned follow-up procedures after the initial mailing.
SECTION 1 (COMPULSORY) FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING 50 OBJECTIVE-ITEMS, CHOOSE THE MOST APPROPRATEANSWER AND MARK YOUR ANSWER AGAINST 1-50 ON THE MARK- READING SHEET 1 Which of the following are characteristics of quanttative research? a investigating the relationships between vanables b using rating scales to quantify responses mposing control to limit extraneous variables researchers being personally involved with the partıcipants e organising raw data into meaningful conceptual patterns 1 a bcde 2 ab c 3 bcd 4 a de...