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NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 1 Discussion

Time to Dissect Research Studies

Overview

Here is a list of five peer-reviewed nursing research journal articles on nursing research that are available through the Library. Choose one of them that is of interest to you to read.

Cody, S. E., Sullivan-Bolyai, S., & Reid-Ponte, P. (2018). Making a connection: Family experiences with bedside rounds in the intensive care unit. Critical Care Nurse, 38(3), 16–26.

Initial Post

Based on the research article you read, respond to the following prompts:

What, if any, was the theoretical framework that was used by article author(s)?

Describe the framework; was it from nursing or a borrowed theory?

Describe how the framework was used to inform the research study.

How much did the researchers write about it in the journal article? For example, was it weaved throughout the paper or mentioned only in the beginning?

In your opinion, what other nursing theory might have worked with this research study? Why?

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Week 3 Discussion

Identifying Research Gaps by Interviewing an Expert Clinician

Introduction

You should have met with an expert clinician who works and/or studies in your chosen research area of interest (for example, masters or doctoral-prepared nurse, MD, PsyD, PhD, PA). This person might be a colleague or peer where you are currently employed, a local hospital or other organization, an author of a research paper you read, or someone you found during an Internet search. You could have met with this person in person, using Zoom, or over the phone, but your conversation must be a verbal discussion that lasts approximately 20 to 30 minutes.

During the interview, you should have asked the expert: what gaps in knowledge in the science they believe exist; their recommendations they have for you to conduct research to figure out how to fill these gaps; what gaps in knowledge in the science they believe exist. Other questions asked should have included:

What recommendations do they have for you to explore these knowledge gaps?

What articles and journals do they recommend for you to read?

Which organizations would be relevant for you to join and participate in that relates to your clinical research area of interest?

What tips do they have for being a clinician researcher in nursing research?

Initial Post

After completing your interview, please respond to the following:

Write a 250– to 300–word summary of what you learned from the interview.

Write a reflection on how the interview will help guide you in your research as you are thinking about an EBP, QI, or novel research proposal that you will be working on throughout the course.

Include at least two scholarly sources to support your summary and reflection.

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 5 Discussion

Methods for Scientific Inquiry Peer Review

Initial Post

One group member from each group submits their Word document containing the website/URL for their presentation by Day 4. Additionally, one group member should submit the same Word document containing their website/URL for their presentation to Week 5 Assignment 1: Methods for Scientific Inquiry Presentation Group Project by Day 4.

After your recording is complete, follow these instructions to create an unlisted YouTube video. You will need the YouTube video URL for this discussion. Submit your YouTube video URL. The best way to do this is to copy and paste the hyperlink URL for the YouTube video into a Word document. Your faculty will access your video via the link. Do not upload a video file (mp4).

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 2 Assignment  

What Does a Research Hierarchy Look Like?

Overview

Here is a list of twenty nursing journal articles that are available to you through the Library. These articles are from a wide range of study types; from randomized controlled trials (RCT) to expert opinions.

Cotton, B. P., & Ferszt, G. G. (2018). The role of NPs in medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. Nurse Practitioner, 43(5), 8.

Currie, E. R., Christian, B. J., Hinds, P. S., Perna, S. J., Robinson, C., Day, S., & Meneses, K. (2016). Parent perspectives of neonatal intensive care at the end-of-life. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 31(5), 478–489.

Dai, Y., & Livesley, J. (2018). A mixed?method systematic review of the effectiveness and acceptability of preoperative psychological preparation programmes to reduce paediatric preoperative anxiety in elective surgery. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 74(9), 2022–2037.

Goh, M. L., Ang, E. N. K., Hong-Gu H., Chan, Y., & Vehviläinen-Julkunen, K. (2018). Patient satisfaction is linked to nursing workload in a Singapore hospital. Clinical Nursing Research, 27(6), 692–713.

Górska, S., Forsyth, K., & Maciver, D. (2018). Living with dementia: A meta-synthesis of qualitative research on the lived experience. Gerontologist, 58(3), e180–e196.

Review all of the articles in preparation for this assignment. Using this Research Hierarchy Template (Word), you will list one journal article for each of the seven levels of the research hierarchy pyramid (you will not need to use all twenty articles to complete the hierarchy; you will use a total of seven of the twenty articles). Articles will not be used in more than a single hierarchy level.

After you have determined one journal article that corresponds with each of the levels of the hierarchy, provide a one to two sentence statement for each article to explain your rationale for selecting it and assigning it to that hierarchical level. You will write one to two sentences, justifying your selection, using the Research Hierarchy document that you submit.

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 4 Assignment  

Start Your Literature Review Matrix

Overview

You will be starting your own literature review matrix (Word) this week. Based on your investigation of the literature from the library and online resources, you will identify two articles that you will use to support your research question and work towards development of your Evidence-Based Practice Project Proposal due in Week 15.

Assignment Instructions

Using your two selected journal articles, you will complete the first two rows in the literature matrix using the template provided.

Read your two journal articles and extract the necessary information needed to complete each row for each article.

Thus, at the end of this week, you will have two out of the eight rows of the literature review matrix completed. You will return to the literature review matrix in future weeks.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 4 Assignment 2

What’s Your Research Question? Evidence-Based Practice Project (EBP)

Instructions

Based on your preliminary investigation of the literature and your discussion with the expert clinician, complete the following on a Word document:

Submit a 350-word summary of your clinical research area of interest and explain why you are interested in it.

Ensure you present your research questions that you started working on in Let's Get Started on Research Concepts. You will now have more information from your expert clinician, as well as feedback from your instructor.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 5 Assignment  

Methods for Scientific Inquiry Presentation Group Project

Overview Work with your group to finalize an eight to ten slide (length does not include the cover or references slides) PowerPoint presentation with references about your group’s assigned research method. You may use Zoom or other appropriate recording program to record your narration of the presentation.

In your audiovisual presentation, include the following:

Description of the research method.

Describe whether it is qualitative or quantitative, or both, and why.

What are the steps to using this method? Explain in detail.

Provide an example of one study where it has been used. Summarize the study and how it used your group’s assigned research method.

Identification of challenges and limitations of this method.

Instructions for Creating a Website/URL of Your Presentation

After your recording is complete, use these instructions to create a private, unlisted YouTube video. You will need the YouTube video website/URL for this assignment.

Submit your YouTube video website/URL to this assignment page.

The best way to submit your website/URL is to copy and paste the hyperlink (URL) for the YouTube video into a Word document and select one group member to submit that Word document for this assignment.

Additionally, one person in each group should submit their Word document containing their website/URL for their presentation to Week 5 Discussion 1: Methods for Scientific Inquiry Peer Review by Day 4.

After your recording is complete, follow these instructions to create a private, unlisted YouTube video. You will need the YouTube video URL for this assignment. Submit your YouTube video URL. The best way to do this is to copy and paste the hyperlink URL for the YouTube video into a Word document. Your faculty will access your video via the link. Do not upload a video file (mp4).

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 6 Assignment  

The Details of Your EBP Project

Overview

This week, you will be writing your EBP project proposal. You will have received feedback from your instructor in Week 4 about your research question, so please use those comments and suggestions for the EBP project proposal draft that you will submit this week.

Assignment Instructions

In a Word document, please compose the following as it relates to your research question:

Research Topic

Research Problem

Research Purpose

Research Objectives/Aims

Research Question(s)

Research Hypothesises*

Select Theoretical Framework: write a brief summary about the theoretical framework and why it is relevant to your research topic. (We will return to writing about this in more detail in upcoming weeks.)

*Numbers 1 through 6 should be complete sentences/paragraphs with references as appropriate.

Please remember that you will be building on this proposal throughout the course. The proposal drafts provide an opportunity to obtain valuable feedback and guidance from your instructor.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

 

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Week 7 Assignment  

Informed Consent Form

Instructions

For this assignment, you will complete an informed consent document. Use this Informed Consent Template (Word) for this assignment. You will edit the Informed Consent template to make it about your proposed research project. The language you use to complete the template should be professional, objective, and clear. It should be grammatically  and free of spelling and punctuation errors. For the purposes of this assignment, you are the Primary Investigator (PI) in the study.

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 8 Assignment  

Recruiting Participants for Your EBP Proposal

Instructions

For this assignment, write the Sample Section of your EBP Project Proposal in a Word document.

Here is a Week 8 Sample Section Example (Word) of what the sample section can look like.

Sample Section Guidelines

This section covers your planned recruitment and ethical considerations for your future participants. It should take up about two to three pages, or approximately 350 to 500 words. The purpose is to tell the reader what your recruitment plan is for the study. You should have subheadings throughout this section of the paper.

In this section, write about the following:

Sample: Cover the following points in no more than two paragraphs each:

How subjects will be recruited

What the inclusion criteria will be (for more expansion, you may add the exclusion criteria to show what was consciously eliminated)

The type of sample (random, purposive, convenience, etc.)

The proposed sample size and rationale for this choice

The selection method (random table of numbers, flip a coin, etc.— this depends on the type of study)

Although this subsection should cover all these items, it may be written in a narrative style.

Setting: Keeping in mind that this is a proposed setting, and it should not be recognizable for confidentiality and privacy reasons. It is a broad view of the setting. For example:

The proposed setting for this study is a large teaching hospital in the northeast. The actual place where the study would be carried out is in the three medical–surgical units in this hospital. Each unit has a bed capacity of 25–30 beds with occupancy rates of 92% to 95%. The study will take place in a private conference room.

Or, if a mailed questionnaire or survey is to be used:

The proposed setting for data collection will be by mailing the questionnaire to the homes of the subjects. The researcher would be mailing the questionnaires from home with a return-addressed, stamped envelope.

Informed Consent and Ethical Considerations: Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval will be obtained. The researcher will submit an application and proposal to the College IRB first. After approval from College, the institution where the study will take place usually requires IRB approval as well. The request or application may be one of three types:

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 9 Assignment  

Writing Your Literature Review Section

Overview

You will write your Literature Review Section of your EBP Project Proposal. Here is a Review of Literature Example (Word) to use as a model or guide. To conduct your literature review, you begin with the search strategy, gather your resources, then start writing your literature review and gap analysis.

Search Strategy

In the literature review section, you are to identify your search strategy, which can include the following:

the databases and internet sites or search engines used to explore the literature (CINAHL, Medline, Google, Yahoo, etc.)

the search terms you used

the beginning and ending dates of the period covered in this study

the time period when the search was conducted (e.g., Fall 2008)

any special journals hand-searched and any relevant sources used in performing the literature search

Description of Literature or Gaps in the Literature

The literature review section is a review of studies that are related to your phenomenon. It should take up about eight to ten pages, or approximately 3,000 to 4,000 words. The purpose is to tell the reader what is known about your phenomenon and lead the reader to what is not known about your phenomenon (your research problem). You should have sub-headings throughout this section of the paper.

The literature section discusses the relevant research related to your study. Do not discuss each study individually; instead, synthesize the literature based on your literature matrix. You can discuss individual findings of studies (include all eight studies that you described in your literature matrix in Weeks 4 and 9) as appropriate including the statistical findings and study samples. This section needs to tell the reader what is known about your clinical area of interest. You will also summarize your review of the literature and discuss the gaps you have identified.

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 9 Assignment  

Complete Your Literature Review Matrix

Instructions

You began your literature review matrix in Week 4 Assignment 1: Start Your Literature Review Matrix, where you completed two articles for the matrix. Using the same document you submitted for the Week 4 Assignment, complete the matrix by adding six more articles and filling in each of the rows for each article that are directly related to your study that you are writing about in your Review of the Literature Section of your EBP Project Proposal.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 10 Assignment  

Your EBP Demographics Tool

Overview

As part of continuing your work on your EBP proposal, you create a demographics tool that you use to capture data on participants who will be part of your EBP project. Here is a Demographics Questionnaire (Word) example of a demographics tool section. Keep in mind that you should include only information that is important to include in data analysis and write-up. Asking extraneous questions is burdensome for participants; thus, your demographics questions need to be meaningful, relevant, and as brief as possible.

Assignment Instructions

Using a Word document, create a demographics tool that has a minimum of eight questions but a maximum of 20 questions.

Demographic Questionnaire

1. Are you male or female?

1. Male

2. Female

2. Do you consider yourself Hispanic or Latino/Latina?

1. Yes

2. No

3. What race do you consider yourself to be? Please select one or more of the following:

1. White

2. Black/African American

3. American Indian/Alaska Native

4. Asian

5. Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander

6. Some other race

(specify):  ___________________

4. What is your primary language?

1. English

2. Spanish

3. Some other language

(specify): ______________

5. What is your date of birth?

__ __ / __ __ / __ __ __ __ Mo Day Year

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 11 Assignment  

Which Tools Shall You Use?

Overview

As part of continuing your work on your evidence-based project proposal, identify between two and five peer-reviewed tools that have been validated and found reliable to measure change for your EBP proposal. These tools can include surveys or questionnaires that have been used in the literature to evaluate similar evidence-based practice projects. Many tools may be available to you depending on your topic. This assignment involves you searching the databases to learn about how your topic has been evaluated in the past.

Assignment Instructions

After you identify between two and five peer-reviewed tools, in a Word document, describe in 300 to 500 words why you have selected them and how you plan to use them in your proposal. Include the validity and reliability of the tools (which is found in journal articles). Submit the names of the tools along with your 300- to 500-word justification and ensure that you use APA format.

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 12 Assignment  

Critiquing a Quantitative Research Study

Overview

You will be writing a quantitative critique on one of the studies provided. You will critically appraise the study in a paper.

Choose One of the Following Quantitative Journal Articles:

da Silva João, A. L., & Saldanha Portelada, A. F. (2019). Mobbing and its Impact on interpersonal relationships at the workplace. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 34(13), 2797–2812.

Dokun-Mowete, C. A., Sharma, M., & Beatty, F. (2019). Using Multitheory Model to Predict Low-salt Intake Among Nigerian Adults Living with Hypertension. International Quarterly of Community Health Education, 39(4), 245–255.

Kashyap, N., Krishnan, N., Kaur, S., & Ghai, S. (2019). Risk Factors of Cervical Cancer: A Case-Control Study. Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, 6(3), 308–314.

Assignment Instructions

Read your selected journal article entirely.

Analyze the journal article and use the specific questions that are outlined in Gray, Grove, and Sutherland (2017) found on pages 445 through 449 to construct your analysis of your chosen qualitative research study.

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 13 Assignment  

Critiquing a Qualitative Research Study

Overview

For this assignment, you write your own qualitative study critique (similar to what you did in Week 12 for the quantitative study critique, only this time critiquing a qualitative research study) on one of the studies provided to you.

Choose one qualitative journal article from this list:

Biezen, R., Grando, D., Mazza, D., & Brijnath, B. (2019). Visibility and transmission: complexities around promoting hand hygiene in young children: A qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 19(1), no pages.

da Silva Lins, H. N., Macêdo Paiva, L. K., Gonçalves de Souza, M., Cassimiro Lima, R. M., & Albuquerque, N. L. A. (2019). Experiences in women’s care: Doulas’ perception. Journal of Nursing UFPE / Revista de Enfermagem UFPE, 13(5), 1264–1269.

Mele, B., Goodarzi, Z., Hanson, H. M., & Holroyd-Leduc, J. (2019). Barriers and facilitators to diagnosing and managing apathy in Parkinson’s disease: A qualitative study. BMC Neurology, 19(1), no pages.

Assignment Instructions

Read your selected journal article entirely.

Analyze the journal article and use the specific questions that are outlined in Gray, Grove, and Sutherland (2017) found on pages 445 through 449 to construct your analysis of your chosen qualitative research study.

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 15 Assignment  

EBP Grant Proposal

Instructions

For this assignment, incorporate all of the work you have done for your EBP project in the course and write a grant proposal for The Daisy Foundation. (Note: you do not actually submit the application; rather, just complete the assignment for this course.) This grant proposal is similar to other grants that you might submit in the future.

Review the grant information: J. Patrick Barnes Grants: Grant Types.

Review the grant application form: Evidence-Based Practice Grant Application Form.

Include the following in your assignment:

Purpose of the Project

Background

EBP Model (remember, you are using the IOWA model for this project)

Proposed Change

Outcomes

Evaluation Plan

Dissemination Plan (journal articles you would want to write in—refer to Week 15 for journal information) and rationale

Appendices

Informed Consent Template (from Week 7; you should have made revisions based on faculty feedback and submit the revised form for this assignment)

Human Subjects Research Training Certificate (from Week 7 after you have made edits based on faculty feedback)

Literature Matrix (from Week 9; you should have made revisions based on faculty feedback and submit the revised form for this assignment)

Description of Tools and Instruments you plan to use for your EBP proposal (from Week 11; you should have made revisions based on faculty feedback and submit the revised form for this assignment) including aspects such as: name, author, number of questions, validity and reliability, and how it is administered (self, clinician, or researcher administered)

 

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Week 16 Assignment  

The Funding Dilemma

Instructions

Generate a PowerPoint presentation about your EBP project grant proposal. Imagine you are meeting with a grant funding agency and you need to sell them your project and why it is important. Refer to the instructions on how to generate an audiovisual presentation. This recording should be a minimum of five minutes long and not exceed 15 minutes.

To record your video, use Zoom, Skype, or your personal preference and follow these create an unlisted YouTube video instructions:

For this assignment, submit your YouTube video url. The best way to do this is to copy and paste the hyperlink url for the YouTube video into a Word document. Your faculty will access your video via the link.

Do not upload a video file (mp4).

Please include the following in your presentation:

Introduce yourself

Title

Background

Purpose

Gaps that your project aims to address

Proposed project methodology (i.e., research method, research design, sampling method, participant recruitment, and so on)

Significance to the field of nursing

Innovation

Describe why your proposal should be funded (assume there is only one grant available)

Follow APA and grammatical/punctuation expectations throughout the presentation.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 1 Quiz

Question 1Nurses with a bachelor’s degree in nursing can participate in the implementation of evidence-based protocols in practice. This means that the BSN nurse:

 a.develops evidence-based guidelines.

 b.designs research studies on which protocols may be based.

 c.evaluates and revises evidence-based protocols.

 d.contributes practice wisdom when applying protocols in patient settings.

Question 2What is the best explanation of the type of intuition that forms a legitimate source of knowledge in nursing?

 a.It is based on knowledge thoroughly incorporated into thought but seldom articulated.

 b.It is based on a gift from the universe and should be honored when it arrives.

 c.It is never inaccurate.

 d.It is the process of examining and critiquing one’s thoughts.

Question 3A researcher investigates the cause-and-effect relationship between the incidence of children’s spinal cord injury and the current state law requiring that all children under the age of eight will ride in special car harnesses. Which form of nursing research should the researcher employ?

 a.Control research

 b.Mixed-methods research

 c.Qualitative research

 d.Quantitative research

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 2 Quiz

Question 1In which way did Florence Nightingale contribute most substantially to evidence-based practice?

 a.She conducted outcomes research about the power of nursing for creating change.

 b.She was the first woman elected to the Royal Statistical Society.

 c.She gathered data that changed the care of hospitalized soldiers.

 d.She calculated mortality rates under varying conditions.

Question 2In a rehabilitation unit, patients are randomly assigned to high fiber diets versus ordinary fiber diets, in order to measure the effect on constipation. What type of quantitative research is this?

 a.Descriptive research

 b.Correlational research

 c.Quasi-experimental research

 d.Experimental research

Question 3A researcher designs a study. The data are collected by means of a questionnaire. The study has a clear purpose statement; the results are presented as a narrative without statistical analysis; and the suggestions made for practice are worded as general suggestions. What type of research is this?

 a.Qualitative research

 b.Quantitative research

 c.Mixed methods research

 d.Meta-analysis

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 3 Quiz

Question 1What is the relationship between a research topic and a research problem?

a.Research topics contain numerous potential research problems, and each problem provides the basis for developing many purposes.

b.A research problem is an area in which there is a gap in nursing’s knowledge base. It is a broad area that gives rise to several potential researchable topics.

c.The research topic and the research problem are identical.

d.The research topic specifies setting and population, but the problem does not.

Question 2Why is replicating a research study essential for knowledge development?

a.Each time a study is replicated, its probability of error decreases.

b.Replicating a study in a different population can decrease generalizability.

c.Replication helps confirm that the initial results were not reached in error.

d.Replication studies represent the majority of published nursing literature.

Question 3Which item represents a concise, clear statement of the specific goal or aim of a research study?

a.The research problem was identified as the general area of ignorance surrounding the causation and diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis, especially among soldiers in uniform, and this constituted a significant gap in the literature.

b.The purpose of the project, then, was to define changes in the variable of hypertension across time, with the four most prevalent treatment modalities prescribed by primary care physicians in the greater Chicago area.

c.The phenomenon of depression experienced by the primary schoolchild was focused upon in this study. It is an under-researched topic, especially since recent research has identified correlational links with childhood obesity, especially in Hispanic and African American populations.

d.Despite the fact that studying the disease, especially from standpoints of prevention and early detection, is costly and time-consuming, it represents a clear priority, since treatment itself is remarkably costly and the afflicted are not likely to experience even short remissions without early intervention.

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 6 Quiz

Question 1A research hypothesis states: "There is no measurable difference in incidence of acne in 15-year-olds who are placed on a chocolate-free diet." What is the dependent variable in this hypothesis?

a.15-year-olds

b.No chocolate in the diet

c.Chocolate in the diet

d.Acne

Question 2A researcher identifies an important extraneous variable after a study is under way. What is the best action for the researcher to take now?

a.Determine whether the extraneous variable is an independent or dependent variable.

b.Stop the study and then redesign it so as to control for this extraneous variable.

c.Attempt to measure the extraneous variable so that its effect may be determined during the analytic phase.

d.Nothing now. Plan to identify this as a limitation during the dissemination phase.

Question 3A researcher identifies three variables and formulates a hypothesis that links them. That hypothesis is testable. What does it mean that the hypothesis is testable?

a.All the variables in the hypothesis are measurable.

b.The hypothesis must be replaced by a research question.

c.The value of the hypothesis is low.

d.The hypothesis is causational.

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 8 Quiz

Question 1Which of the following types of sampling is least common in qualitative research?

 a.Convenience

 bPurposive

 c.Snowball

 d.Random

Question 2A researcher studies spending habits of teenagers in shopping malls. The researcher visits two local malls to solicit participants. From what kind of population has the researcher selected the sample?

 a.The accessible population

 b.The entire population

 c.The target population

 d.The Hypothetical population

Question 3What is a true statement about inclusion and exclusion criteria?

 a.Inclusion and exclusion criteria determine the demographics of the sample.

 b.Inclusion and exclusion criteria must be mutually exclusive.

 c.Inclusion and exclusion criteria are the opposites of one another.

 d.Inclusion and exclusion criteria never address the study purpose.

 

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Week 10 Quiz

Question 1What are the principal tasks of data collection?

a.Performing constant comparison for qualitative data

b.Maintaining research controls as indicated in the study design

c.Cross-checking with the literature review

d.Obtaining institutional review board permission

Question 2How may raw research data, with identifiers, obtained from a hospital be stored?

a.It must be kept only in the hospital’s computer system; at the end of the workday, all excerpted data must be deleted.

b.In a password-protected computer, located in a private office or residence.

c.In any e-mail account

d.On a private website

Question 3What are the purposes of completing a pilot study?

a.It helps identify problems the researcher might encounter while collecting data.

b.It justifies the existence of a research gap.

c.It gives the researcher preliminary data to present the institutional review board in order to obtain permission to conduct research.

d.It provides nominal and ordinal data with which the researcher can construct better instruments.

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 11 Quiz

Question 1Which is the highest form of measurement?

a.Interval

b.Nominal

c.Ordinal

d.Ratio

Question 2A secretary in a veterinarian’s office keeps track of how many animals come in for care in a week’s time and what types of animals they are: cat, dog, horse, gerbil, duck, snake, and so forth. What level of measurement is this?

a.Nominal

b.Ordinal

c.Interval

d.Ratio

Question 3Mark is in third grade and has just learned how to use a ruler to measure. He has become a measuring fool. He measures everything in the house, writing down all the measurements, and gaily announcing to his mom, “Hey, Mom. Guess what? The saltshaker is four and a quarter inches tall.” What level of measurement is this?

a.Nominal

b.Ordinal

c.Interval

d.Ratio

 

NU631 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-Based Practice

Week 16 Quiz

Question 1A researcher is developing a tool to measure predelinquent behaviors in preadolescence. The researcher has already reviewed the literature, gathered qualitative data from experts, pilot-tested hundreds of predelinquent preadolescents, and analyzed the findings. It is clear that the tool actually measures what it is supposed to measure. This reflects the tool's:

 a.Validity

 b.Measurement error

 c.Reliability

 d.Sensitivity

Question 2A researcher summarizes the findings and then makes generalizations. Why does the researcher refer to the literature before making generalizations?

 a.If the current study is a replication of previous research, its generalizations will be identical to those of the study it replicates.

 b.If there is no previous research in this area, no generalizations can be made.

 c.If the current study is the second by this researcher, its generalizations will be to the population from which the second sample was drawn and will specifically exclude the sample from the first study.

 d.If there is a lone study in this area, generalizations are narrow; if there is previous research of a parallel nature, more widespread generalization is in order.

Question 3In interpreting the findings of a study, the researcher should not do which of the following?

 a.Discuss the findings, with respect to clinical implications.

 b.Boldly and fearlessly identify the limitations of the study.

 c.Make cautious and well-founded conclusions, based on the findings.

 d.Make excuses for limitations.