QUESTION 11
- You are forming a team to do a systematic review of theliterature about interventions to treat post-traumatic stressdisorder (PTSD). Which of the following would be your firststep?
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Critically appraise the literature identified. |
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Conduct an exhaustive search of multiple databases to identifythe literature. |
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Identify an explicit, reproducible methodology. |
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Create a clearly stated set of objectives with predefinedeligibility criteria for study inclusion. |
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Create a dissemination plan for your systematic review. |
QUESTION 12
- What type of information would help you identify a researchstudy as qualitative? (Select all that apply.)
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Data is collected using such approaches as interviews, focusgroups, and open-ended questions on surveys. |
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Data is collected using Likert scales on surveys. |
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Results are reported using numbers and statistics. |
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Results are reported using themes and words. |
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Data is collected using surveys with fill-in-the-blankquestions. |
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Results are reported using a mixture of numbers and themes. |
QUESTION 13
- The methods used in conducting a systematic review are specificand rigorous.
True
False
QUESTION 14
- In a systematic review with a meta-analysis, researcherscombine the results of each of the individual studies to create alarger sample size (and therefore greater power), then re-run thestatistics to capture the true magnitude of the effect. Thesingle-effect measure calculated and reported when the results fromall the studies are combined is called what?
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Summary statistic |
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Power analysis |
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Confidence Interval |
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Chi square |
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Pearson’s co-efficient |
QUESTION 15
- Both literature reviews and systematic reviews are types ofresearch evidence reviews.
True
False
5 points
QUESTION 16
- What type of study is described in the following excerpt?
Surveys to evaluate nursesatisfaction, medical errors, depression and anxiety, anddemographics were given to 5,432 nurses from hospitals of varioussizes and geographic locations; some had nurses working 8-hourshifts and 12-hour shifts. Nurses were asked to complete thesurvey. Upon completion of the survey, nurses were invited toparticipate in video conference focus groups and one-on-oneinterviews with a research assistant by video conferencing. Surveyresults were reported using descriptive statistics, and themes wereidentified and reported from the data collected in the focus groupsand one-on-one interviews.
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Quantitative research |
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Qualitative research |
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Quasi-experimental research |
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Mixed-methods research |
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Systematic reviews |
5 points
QUESTION 17
- Randomized controlled trials are which type of research?
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Quantitative research |
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Qualitative research |
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Mixed-methods research |
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Systematic review |
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Literature review |
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Cohort study |
QUESTION 15
- Both literature reviews and systematic reviews are types ofresearch evidence reviews.
True
False
5 points
QUESTION 16
- What type of study is described in the following excerpt?
Surveys to evaluate nursesatisfaction, medical errors, depression and anxiety, anddemographics were given to 5,432 nurses from hospitals of varioussizes and geographic locations; some had nurses working 8-hourshifts and 12-hour shifts. Nurses were asked to complete thesurvey. Upon completion of the survey, nurses were invited toparticipate in video conference focus groups and one-on-oneinterviews with a research assistant by video conferencing. Surveyresults were reported using descriptive statistics, and themes wereidentified and reported from the data collected in the focus groupsand one-on-one interviews.
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Quantitative research |
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Qualitative research |
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Quasi-experimental research |
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Mixed-methods research |
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Systematic reviews |
5 points
QUESTION 17
- Randomized controlled trials are which type of research?
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Quantitative research |
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Qualitative research |
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Mixed-methods research |
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Systematic review |
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Literature review |
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Cohort study |
QUESTION 18
- Which of the following types of research can be categorized asprimary research? Select all that apply.
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Cohort study |
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Literature review |
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Grounded theory study |
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Randomized controlled trial |
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Systematic review |
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Controlled trial without randomization |
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QUESTION 19
- Mixed-methods studies are a combination of which twomethodologies?
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Quantitative research methodologies and literature reviews |
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Quantitative and qualitative research methodologies |
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Qualitative research methodologies and systematic reviews |
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Literature reviews and qualitative research methodologies |
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Quasi-experimental and program evaluation |
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QUESTION 20
- What type of study is described in the following excerpt?
An interprofessional team wants totest a new intervention to see whether it will improve central-lineassociated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rates. Subjects wererandomized into either the intervention or the control group bypulling a slip of paper with either a one or a two written on itfrom a manila envelope (those pulling ones were randomized to theintervention group; those pulling twos were randomized to thecontrol group). When the study began, the intervention groupreceived the intervention and the control group received equalattention. Data was collected and analyzed using the StatisticalPackage for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Descriptive statistics wereused to report the data.
What type of research article isthis?
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Quantitative research |
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Qualitative research |
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Systematic reviews |
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Literature reviews |
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Mixed methods |
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Program evaluation |
