NSG-415-803 Module 3 Exam
Question 1
2.4 out of 2.4 points
Which group of people would constitute the control group in a true experimental study?
Selected Answer: C.
The group receiving the usual care or treatment
Answers: A.
The group experiencing adverse results
B.
The group receiving the experimental treatment
C.
The group receiving the usual care or treatment
D.
The group refusing to participate
Response Feedback: Chapters 6 & 7 lecture and textbook chapter 7 (p. 177-179)
Question 2
2.4 out of 2.4 points
A nursing student is reviewing a research study in which researchers used pretest/posttest
design to examine the effect of an AIDS education intervention on teenagers’ knowledge level
in a randomized control experimental study. What threat to internal validity could be present?
Selected Answer: A.
Testing
Answers: A.
Testing
B.
, Instrumentation
C.
Selection effects
D.
Hawthorne effect
Response Feedback: Chapters 6 & 7 lecture and textbook chapter 6 (p. 161)
Question 3
2.4 out of 2.4 points
Which of the following is an example of a cyclical trend in epidemiology?
Selected Answer: C.
The rate of RSV admissions in the fall of each year in the western states
Answers: A.
The rate of RSV related deaths annually
B.
The predicted death rate in the U.S. for 2025
C.
The rate of RSV admissions in the fall of each year in the western states
D.
The birth rate throughout the history of the United States
Response Feedback: Chapter 8 lecture and textbook ch 8 p. 209
Question 4
2.4 out of 2.4 points
Factorial design has what unique quality related to the design?
Selected Answer: A.
, Allows researchers to manipulate more than one intervention
Answers: A.
Allows researchers to manipulate more than one intervention
B.
Allows researchers to expand the data and findings by a factor of 10
C.
Provides researchers the option to manipulate the dependent variable
D.
Allows researchers to change the hypothesis during the study
Response Feedback: Chapters 6 & 7 lecture and textbook chapter 7 (p. 179-180) Table 7-2
Question 5
2.4 out of 2.4 points
Descriptive epidemiology examines the distribution of disease in a population in terms of what
three factors?
Selected Answer: D.
Person, place, time
Answers: A.
Population, subgroup, individual
B.
Why, how, when
C.
Population, community, cause
D.
Person, place, time
Response Feedback: Chapter 8 lecture and textbook ch 8 pp. 206-209
Question 1
2.4 out of 2.4 points
Which group of people would constitute the control group in a true experimental study?
Selected Answer: C.
The group receiving the usual care or treatment
Answers: A.
The group experiencing adverse results
B.
The group receiving the experimental treatment
C.
The group receiving the usual care or treatment
D.
The group refusing to participate
Response Feedback: Chapters 6 & 7 lecture and textbook chapter 7 (p. 177-179)
Question 2
2.4 out of 2.4 points
A nursing student is reviewing a research study in which researchers used pretest/posttest
design to examine the effect of an AIDS education intervention on teenagers’ knowledge level
in a randomized control experimental study. What threat to internal validity could be present?
Selected Answer: A.
Testing
Answers: A.
Testing
B.
, Instrumentation
C.
Selection effects
D.
Hawthorne effect
Response Feedback: Chapters 6 & 7 lecture and textbook chapter 6 (p. 161)
Question 3
2.4 out of 2.4 points
Which of the following is an example of a cyclical trend in epidemiology?
Selected Answer: C.
The rate of RSV admissions in the fall of each year in the western states
Answers: A.
The rate of RSV related deaths annually
B.
The predicted death rate in the U.S. for 2025
C.
The rate of RSV admissions in the fall of each year in the western states
D.
The birth rate throughout the history of the United States
Response Feedback: Chapter 8 lecture and textbook ch 8 p. 209
Question 4
2.4 out of 2.4 points
Factorial design has what unique quality related to the design?
Selected Answer: A.
, Allows researchers to manipulate more than one intervention
Answers: A.
Allows researchers to manipulate more than one intervention
B.
Allows researchers to expand the data and findings by a factor of 10
C.
Provides researchers the option to manipulate the dependent variable
D.
Allows researchers to change the hypothesis during the study
Response Feedback: Chapters 6 & 7 lecture and textbook chapter 7 (p. 179-180) Table 7-2
Question 5
2.4 out of 2.4 points
Descriptive epidemiology examines the distribution of disease in a population in terms of what
three factors?
Selected Answer: D.
Person, place, time
Answers: A.
Population, subgroup, individual
B.
Why, how, when
C.
Population, community, cause
D.
Person, place, time
Response Feedback: Chapter 8 lecture and textbook ch 8 pp. 206-209
