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Chapter 14- Measurement and Data Quality

Nursing Research Generating and Assessing Evidence For Nursing practice 9th edition By Pilot

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Chapter 14- Measurement and Data Quality

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

1. Quantitative studies derive data through the measurement of variables. What is measurement?
  A) Involves assigning numbers to represent the amount of an attribute present in an object or person, using a specified set of rules
  B) Capacity of a numeric expression signifying how much of an attribute is present
  C) Signifies equivalence or similarity between two phenomena
  D) The consistency with which it measures the target attributes

 

 

2. Researchers try to link numeric values to reality. Measurement procedures are ideally isomorphic to reality. What is isomorphism?
  A) Involves assigning numbers to represent the amount of an attribute present in an object or person, using a specified set of rules
  B) Capacity of a numeric expression signifying how much of an attribute is present
  C) Signifies equivalence or similarity between two phenomena
  D) The consistency with which it measures the target attributes

 

 

3. What is the difference between a true score and an obtained score?
  A) Situational contaminant
  B) Response set bias
  C) Transitory personal factor
  D) Error of measurement

 

 

4. Many factors contribute to errors of measurement. Some errors are random while others are systematic, reflecting bias. What is one source of measurement error in social psychological scales?
  A) Situational contaminant
  B) Response set bias
  C) Transitory personal factor
  D) Error of measurement

 

 

5. Scales and tests that involve summing item scores are typically evaluated. The nurse research would use Cronbach’s alpha to determine which attribute of an instrument?
  A) Stability
  B) Internal consistency
  C) Equivalence
  D) Sensitivity

 

Answer Key

 

1. A
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. B

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