Exam 7: Quantitative Designs: Using Numbers to Provide Evidence

To reduce the threat of mortality, researchers should regularly communicate the benefits of the experimental intervention to the study participants.

Which type of design would be used by researchers investigating the relationship between coping strategies used by caregivers of older adults with cognitive changes and the occurrence of elder abuse?

Which of these is an example of community-based participatory research?

If a researcher is unable to randomly assign subjects to groups and must use a comparison group, the study design is considered nonexperimental.

A study's participants are divided into a control group, a group that receives an experimental intervention, a group that receives a different experimental intervention, and a group that receives both of the experimental interventions. Which type of design does the study demonstrate?

A study of data compiled from emergency departments reveals that the number of hospital visits for cooking-related knife injuries significantly increases around major holidays. What do the variables examined in the study show?

How does the nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design differ from the classical experimental design?

Which of the following design types is most accurate for determining causality?

Why are descriptive designs sometimes called exploratory studies?

A researcher hypothesizes that inpatients who receive more visitors will self-report higher satisfaction with the level of care they receive. Which design would the researcher use to test the hypothesis?