NR714 Week 7 Module 6 Quiz Latest November 2018

NR714 Application of Analytic Methods II

Week 7 Module 6 Quiz

Question 1

 

To review for the final, Dakota did two random problems from each assignment in her class. Each assignment had an equal number of problems. Is this sample of the problems assigned in the class likely to be biased?

  yes

 

  no

 

Question 2

 

Kirk threw a handful of identically shaped capsules into a medicine cup, then collected the12 capsules that landed outside of the medicine cup. Is this a random sample of the capsules?

 

  yes

  no

 

Question 3

 

Craig questioned two internationally known nursing theorists at a national conference. Is this sample of theorists in general likely to be biased?

 

  yes

  no

 

Question 4

 

Jerry put the names of all the nurses in the hospital into a bin. Then, he drew 32 names out of the bin. Is this a random sample of the nurses at the hospital?

 

  yes

  no

 

Question 5

 

Pamela tasted two desserts from each bakery in her county. Each bakery has an equal number of desserts. Is this sample of the desserts from the county’s bakeries likely to be biased?

  yes

 

  no

 

Question 6

 

Leo climbed six trees throughout each forest in his county. Each forest is the same size. Is this sample of the trees in the county likely to be representative?

 

  yes

  no

 

Question 7

 

Random sampling is:

  is most concerned with reducing researcher introduced bias by not favoring treatment options.

  is tied to a study’s internal validity

 

  chance determines who will be included in the sample.

  chance determines the assignment of treatments or interventions.

 

Question 8

 

Which of the following types of research do not possess high group similarity:

 

  observation

  quasi-experimental

  alternative experimental

  instructional

 

Question 9

 

An accessible population is one that:

 

every member of the population does not have an equal chance of being selected for the sample group.

 

 

 

the researcher can realistically select subjects for a sample, and to which the researcher is entitled to generalize findings.

 

 

is derived from a nonrandom sample selected because prior knowledge suggests it is representative, or because those selected have the needed information.

 

  

None of the above.

 

 

Question 10

 

Purposive sampling is:

  The process of selecting a number of individuals (a sample) from a population, preferably in such a way that the individuals are representative of the larger group from which they were selected.

  Methods designed to select a representative sample by using chance selection so that biases will not systematically alter the sample.

 

  A nonrandom sample selected because prior knowledge suggests it is representative, or because those selected have the needed information.

  Refers to conducting a study again; the second study may be a repetition of the original study, using different subjects, or may change specified aspects of the study.