EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE FINAL EXAM
2026-2027 SPRING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
Which of the following statements describes validity?
Validity is the extent to which an instrument accurately reflects the abstract
concept being examined
Which question addresses the main concern in establishing content validity of the
research instrument?
Do the items of the instrument reflect what the researcher wants to measure?
An admission officer wants to establish the reliability of an entrance examination
into the nursing program. The examination was administered to 10 high school
seniors. After 1 week, the same examination was administered to the same seniors.
This test of the examination's reliability is called
test-retest procedure
Which of the following statements is correct regarding reliability?
Reliability is the extent to which the instrument yields the same results on repeated
measures
,Which qualitative research method would be best to find an effective intervention
that discourages youths from initiating tobacco use?
Community-based participatory research
Which of the following situations could be studied through a qualitative approach?
The lived experience of loss of a parent through HIV/AIDS
Where is a single qualitative study place in the hierarchy of evidence for evidence
based practice?
Level 6
The persons providing data for a qualitative study are identified as
Participants
Which of the following research conclusions suggests a qualitative study?
Participants with high and low metabolic control levels reported similar themes
related to reaction of others, knowledge about type 1 diabetes and believed
healthcare providers and authoritarian interactions
Uses emic and etic views of subjects' words
Ethnographic
,Research questions focus on basic social processes that shape behavior
Grounded theory
Central meanings arise from subjects' description of lived experience
Phenomenological
Focuses on dimension of day to day existence
Phenomenological
Uses theoretical sampling to analyze data
Grounded Theory
Studies the peculiarities and commonalities of a specific case
Case study
Discovers domains to analyze data
Ethnographic
, States that individual's history is a dimension of the present
Phenomenological
Attempts to discover underlying social forces that shape human behavior
Ethnographic
Attention is given to a single case
Case Study
To what does the term saturation in qualitative research refer?
Data repetition
Data in qualitative research are often collected by which of the following
procedures?
All of the above:
Questionnaires sent out to subjects
Observation of subjects in naturalistic settings
Interviews
2026-2027 SPRING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
Which of the following statements describes validity?
Validity is the extent to which an instrument accurately reflects the abstract
concept being examined
Which question addresses the main concern in establishing content validity of the
research instrument?
Do the items of the instrument reflect what the researcher wants to measure?
An admission officer wants to establish the reliability of an entrance examination
into the nursing program. The examination was administered to 10 high school
seniors. After 1 week, the same examination was administered to the same seniors.
This test of the examination's reliability is called
test-retest procedure
Which of the following statements is correct regarding reliability?
Reliability is the extent to which the instrument yields the same results on repeated
measures
,Which qualitative research method would be best to find an effective intervention
that discourages youths from initiating tobacco use?
Community-based participatory research
Which of the following situations could be studied through a qualitative approach?
The lived experience of loss of a parent through HIV/AIDS
Where is a single qualitative study place in the hierarchy of evidence for evidence
based practice?
Level 6
The persons providing data for a qualitative study are identified as
Participants
Which of the following research conclusions suggests a qualitative study?
Participants with high and low metabolic control levels reported similar themes
related to reaction of others, knowledge about type 1 diabetes and believed
healthcare providers and authoritarian interactions
Uses emic and etic views of subjects' words
Ethnographic
,Research questions focus on basic social processes that shape behavior
Grounded theory
Central meanings arise from subjects' description of lived experience
Phenomenological
Focuses on dimension of day to day existence
Phenomenological
Uses theoretical sampling to analyze data
Grounded Theory
Studies the peculiarities and commonalities of a specific case
Case study
Discovers domains to analyze data
Ethnographic
, States that individual's history is a dimension of the present
Phenomenological
Attempts to discover underlying social forces that shape human behavior
Ethnographic
Attention is given to a single case
Case Study
To what does the term saturation in qualitative research refer?
Data repetition
Data in qualitative research are often collected by which of the following
procedures?
All of the above:
Questionnaires sent out to subjects
Observation of subjects in naturalistic settings
Interviews
