NSG 3029 NSG3029 CH1 (8) Questions and Answers/Rationale

Chapter 09 1. The ability to generalize findings from a research study to other populations, places, and situations is referred to as: A. Internal validity B. Reliability C. External validity D. Population validity ANS: C 2. The confidence that an experimental treatment or condition made a difference and that rival explanations were ruled out through study design and control is called: A. Internal validity B. Reliability C. External validity D. Population validity ANS: A 3. Control of bias can be accomplished through use of all of the following measures except: A. Using more than one observer B. Allowing subjects to volunteer for the study C. Blinding treatment groups to the researcher D. Using a carefully constructed demographic questi