NURS 310 Quiz 1 – Questions With Correct
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A distortion that affects study results
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1 What does PICO stand for? 2 What is bias?
How is quantitative research
3 4 What does "O" represent in PICO?
evaluated?
Don't know?
Terms in this set (50)
What does PICO stand for? Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome
What does "P" represent in PICO? Population or Problem (Who is the patient? What
condition?)
What does "I" represent in PICO? Intervention (What are you doing?)
, What does "C" represent in PICO? Comparison (Compared to what?)
What does "O" represent in PICO? Outcome (What result are you measuring?)
In the chlorhexidine ICU example, Rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia
what is the dependent variable?
Which paradigm aligns with Positivist paradigm
quantitative research?
Which paradigm aligns with qualitative Constructivist (interpretive) paradigm
research?
Quantitative research uses what type Deductive (hypothesis testing)
of reasoning?
Qualitative research uses what type of Inductive (hypothesis generation)
reasoning?
Quantitative research seeks what? Generalization and cause-and-effect relationships
Qualitative research seeks what? In-depth understanding of lived experiences
How is quantitative research Reliability and validity
evaluated?
How is qualitative research evaluated? Trustworthiness and triangulation
What is reliability? Consistency of results
What is validity? Whether the study measures what it intends to
measure
What is an independent variable? The variable the researcher manipulates (cause)
What is a dependent variable? The outcome measured (effect)
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Practice questions for this set
Learn 1 /7 Study using Learn
A distortion that affects study results
Choose an answer
1 What does PICO stand for? 2 What is bias?
How is quantitative research
3 4 What does "O" represent in PICO?
evaluated?
Don't know?
Terms in this set (50)
What does PICO stand for? Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome
What does "P" represent in PICO? Population or Problem (Who is the patient? What
condition?)
What does "I" represent in PICO? Intervention (What are you doing?)
, What does "C" represent in PICO? Comparison (Compared to what?)
What does "O" represent in PICO? Outcome (What result are you measuring?)
In the chlorhexidine ICU example, Rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia
what is the dependent variable?
Which paradigm aligns with Positivist paradigm
quantitative research?
Which paradigm aligns with qualitative Constructivist (interpretive) paradigm
research?
Quantitative research uses what type Deductive (hypothesis testing)
of reasoning?
Qualitative research uses what type of Inductive (hypothesis generation)
reasoning?
Quantitative research seeks what? Generalization and cause-and-effect relationships
Qualitative research seeks what? In-depth understanding of lived experiences
How is quantitative research Reliability and validity
evaluated?
How is qualitative research evaluated? Trustworthiness and triangulation
What is reliability? Consistency of results
What is validity? Whether the study measures what it intends to
measure
What is an independent variable? The variable the researcher manipulates (cause)
What is a dependent variable? The outcome measured (effect)
