Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses

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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES KEY TERMS At the end of this chapter, you will be able to: ‹ Identify factors that should be considered when ...

At the end of this section, you will be able to: ‹ Identify factors that should be considered when planning for data collection ...

upon both quantitative and qualitative measures. In both types of methods, it is imperative that the same rigor be employed when ...

pilot study helps confirm the study’s feasibility and allows for revisions to be made. Researchers do not want to get midway int ...

trials (RCTs) are considered to be the strongest level of evidence, whereas those based on case reports and opin- ions of expert ...

The formatting and length of the questionnaire are important details. The questionnaire should include only essential questions ...

questionnaire/survey is important, along with providing them contact informa- tion if they have additional questions/concerns (M ...

feelings. The VAS is a 100-mm line that is anchored on each end with words or symbols. Subjects mark a line across the VAS to in ...

physiological data are typically accessible in most healthcare settings, allowing for ease of data collection with minimal or no ...

Levels of Measurement Measurement is the process of assigning numbers using a set of rules. Four categories are used to describe ...

is the term used when there are only two possible fixed responses, such as true or false and yes or no. Ordinal measurement repr ...

10.3 Validity and Reliability Which of the following are advantages that questionnaires have over interviews? (Select all that ...

characteristic. If O = T, there would be a perfect instrument, but this is never the case because error (E) is always present du ...

Type Test Description Content validity: Is the content representative of the content domain under study? Face validity Colleague ...

Content validity is established when researchers know that the instrument measures the concept intended to be measured. This req ...

divergent testing, multitrait-multimethod testing, known group testing, and factor analysis. For hypothesis testing, researchers ...

validity. An instrument can be reliable but not valid. If you weighed yourself 10 times in a row on your bathroom scale this mor ...

Type What Is Determined? Description Test-retest Stability New instrument is given at two different times under the same conditi ...