Data Collection Methods

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Question 1

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What should the nurse researcher expect to be the difference between data collection for patient care and data collection for the purposes of research?

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For patient care, data are obtained from the patient and medical record; for research, data are obtained only from the patient.

Data collection for research may include direct patient quotations; in patient care, recording of direct quotations is avoided.

During research data collection, there is no direct interaction between the nurse and the patient.

Data collection for research purposes must be objective and systematic.

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Question 2

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The nurse researcher is attempting to answer specific questions about families' perceptions of caring for elderly parents with dementia. What would be the most appropriate method of data collection for this study?

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Field notes

Structured interview

Unstructured interview

Physiologic instrumentation

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Question 3

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Which data collection method would be most appropriate in studying bullying behavior in elementary school-aged girls?

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An unstructured interview

Asking parents about their children's experience with bullying

Responses of the children on a paper-and-pencil bullying scale

Concealment of the researcher without intervention in children's behavior

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Question 4

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What is the nurse researcher's primary concern in data collection for research?

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Flexibility in data collection

Consistency in data collection

Accurate interpretation of data collected

Averaging of numerical scores to reduce the effect of outliers

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Question 5

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The training of data collectors to adhere strictly to a standard protocol for a research project will affect the ultimate outcome of the study by doing what?

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Reducing risks to human subjects

Reducing cost of data collection

Increasing consistency in data collection

Increasing risk of introducing researcher bias into the study

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Question 6

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Two data collectors scored pressure ulcers similarly using the Braden Scale for pressure ulcer assessment. This finding indicates what?

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Interrater reliability between the two data collectors was high.

Interrater reliability between the two data collectors was low.

The data collection method was inappropriate for the investigation.

Interrater reliability cannot be established without the two data collectors examining each pressure ulcer together at the same time.

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Question 7

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A nurse researcher would choose physiologic data collection methods for which reason?

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Cost and subject acceptance

Reduced researcher time

Data collection of patient body weights

No need for interrater reliability

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Question 8

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What is an example of a physiologic measurement?

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Definition of a type A behavior pattern

Description of self-care behavior abilities in patients with dementia

Ranges of values on two consecutive arterial blood gas analyses

Adjusted scores on the State-Trait Anxiety Scale

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Question 9

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During a research project, the researcher notes that the subject completes each assigned task with a much higher level of performance than he normally exhibits. How should a nurse researcher most accurately describe this change in the subject's behavior?

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Reactivity

Instability

Therapeutic

Interventionist

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Question 10

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The nurse researcher's use of a focus group interview with audio recording of group interactions would be considered to be an observational role of what?

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Concealment with intervention

Concealment without intervention

No concealment with intervention

No concealment without intervention

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Question 11

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The nurse researcher informs subjects that he or she would like to include them in a research study and that they can refuse to participate through what?

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Informed consent

Concealment with intervention

Unauthorized research

Concealment without intervention

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Question 12

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Which observational role would be most appropriate if the nurse researcher wants to identify maternal response behaviors to cries of infants with colic?

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Concealment with intervention

Concealment without intervention

No concealment with intervention

No concealment without intervention

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Question 13

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Which data collection method is most vulnerable to researcher bias?

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Questionnaires

Available data

Observation methods

Physiologic measurement

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Question 14

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What advantage is shared by both interview and questionnaire data collection methods?

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Both seek to understand the attitudes, beliefs, and feelings of participants.

Both are analyzed by statistical methods selected by the researcher.

Both require extensive training of the researcher coordinating the study.

Both are paper-and-pencil tests implemented by the researcher.

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Question 15

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A nurse researcher would select the interview method of data collection for which reason?

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It is of value only in qualitative studies.

It allows subjects to provide more detailed answers

Consistency, rather than objectivity, is of primary importance.

Objectivity, rather than consistency, is of primary importance.

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Question 16

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Use of records or data-available methods of data collection would be most appropriate in which case?

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When research subjects are considered to be illiterate

When participants are not known to be reliable historians

When the goal of research is to analyze trends and change over time

When the researcher suspects the subject may alter responses to please the researcher

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Question 17

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Which data collection method can be assessed by asking, "Is there clear indication that the subjects understood the task and the questions?"

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Questionnaires

Interviews

Physiologic measurement

Records and databases

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Question 18

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Which data collection method can be assessed by asking, "Are the data examined in such a way as to provide new information?"

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Questionnaires

Interviews

Physiologic measurement

Records and databases

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Question 19

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Which data collection method can be assessed by asking, "Is there evidence that subjects were able to answer the questions?"

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Questionnaires

Interviews

Physiologic measurement

Records and databases

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Question 20

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Which data collection method can be assessed by asking, "Are the majority of the items appropriately close-ended or open-ended?"

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Questionnaires

Interviews

Physiologic measurement

Records and databases

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