NSG 3029 CH1 (9) QUIZ
Chapter 09
1. The ability to generalize findings from a research study to other populations, places, and
situations is referred to as:
A. Internal validity
B. Reliability
C. External validity
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NSG 3029 CH1 (9) QUIZ
Chapter 09
1. The ability to generalize findings from a research study to other populations, places, and
situations is referred to as:
A. Internal validity
B. Reliability
C. External validity
D. Population validity
2. The confidence that an experimental treatment or condition made a difference and that rival
explanations were ruled out through study design and control is called:
A. Internal validity
B. Reliability
C. External validity
D. Population validity
3. Control of bias can be accomplished through use of all of the following measures except:
A. Using more than one observer
B. Allowing subjects to volunteer for the study
C. Blinding treatment groups to the researcher
D. Using a carefully constructed demographic questionnaire
4. Which type of error is frequently referred to as the level of significance?
A. Type 1 error
B. Type 2 error
C. Measurement error
D. Sampling error
5. Which type of error is related to the power of the statistical test?
A. Type 1 error
B. Type 2 error
C. Measurement error
D. Sampling error
6. The magnitude of the impact that the intervention or variable is expected to have on the
outcome is referred to as the:
A. Power
B. Experimenter effect
C. Effect size
D. Treatment effect
7. All of the following are threats to external validity except:
A. Selection effect
B. Experimenter effect
C. Maturation
D. History
8. All of the following strategies help to increase the trustworthiness of qualitative research
except:
A. Triangulation
B. Bracketing
C. Audit trail
D. Random Selection
9. Threats to validity can be handled by the researcher in all of these ways except:
A. Eliminate the threat
B. Control the threat
C. Account for the threat
D. Ignore the threat
10. A threat to internal validity in which the subject reactions are due to the effect of being
observed are referred to as:
A. Selection effects
B. Treatment effects
C. Experimental mortality
D. Maturation
11. The ability to generalize findings from a research study to other populations, places, and
situations is referred to as:
A. Internal validity
B. Reliability
C. External validity
D. Population validity
12. The confidence that an experimental treatment or condition made a difference and that rival
explanations were ruled out through study design and control is called:
A. Internal validity
B. Reliability
C. External validity
D. Population validity
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