NURS 5366 MODULE 3 QUIZ Questions and Answers

NURS 5366 MODULE 3 QUIZ Questions and Answers • Question 1 An outpatient being treated in the infusion center for thalassemia is asked to fill out a form about satisfaction with the center, while he waits for his appointment. The form consists of five questions, each a statement, with six possibilities after it: Strongly Agree, Agree, Slightly Agree, Slightly Disagree, Disagree, and Strongly Disagree. This is an example of which of the following? Answers a. A semantic differential scale b. A paper interview c. A questionnaire d. A Likert scale Response Feedback: A Likert scale determines the opinion or attitude of a subject and contains a number of declarative statements with a scale after each statement. The Likert scale is the most commonly used of the scaling techniques in nursing and health care studies. Response choices in a Likert scale most commonly address agreement, evaluation, or frequency. Agreement options may include statements such as strongly agree, agree, uncertain, disagree, and strongly disagree. • Question 2 A researcher evaluates whether a tool addresses the major elements of the construct being studied. This helps to ensure: Answers: a. content validity b. internal consistency c. equivalence d. readability level Response Feedback: page 376 • Question 3 A researcher administers a scale measuring self-confidence and one measuring self-doubt to a group of subjects and performs a correlational analysis of the results. This is a test of validity from: Answers a. convergence b. divergent validity c. equivalence d. contrasting groups Response Feedback: page 382 • Question 4 What is the purpose of completing a pilot study? Answers: a. It justifies the existence of a research gap. b. It provides nominal and ordinal data with which the researcher can construct better instruments. c. It helps identify problems the researcher might encounter while collecting data. d. It gives the researcher preliminary data to present to the institutional review board in order to obtain permission to conduct research. Response Feedback: p. 508 • Question 5 The quantitative researcher collects many pieces of quantitative data as words, not numbers. Prior to statistical analysis, all of the data pieces must be coded. What does this mean? Answers: a. The data regarding protected data are transformed to code names; a list is made and kept in a secure location. b. The data are typed into a computer, and the computer is instructed to transform the words into binary values, using only 0 and 1, by adding up the numbers of each