Which section of the research report should include this statement? "There was no significant difference in subjects' scores on the D.I.E.T. Knowledge Assessment tool for those attending the dietary modifications classes taught by the dietitian as compared to those attending similar classes taught by the registered nurse."

In a study of hypertension among elementary school students, the systolic and diastolic blood pressure of each child in one school was measured one time at the end of a school year. This is an example of which study design?

A charge nurse on a postoperative unit wants to do a literature search about the effectiveness of rocking-chair motion on adult clients who have a postoperative ileus. Which clinical question should the nurse use to search for the most pertinent articles?

A nurse-researcher is dissatisfied with the results of a data analysis, and re-calculates the statistical computations applied to the data for the purpose of obtaining results that are more supportive of the researcher's personal belief system. Which term best describes the outcome of this procedure?

A group of students at a university volunteered to participate in a study of attitudes about their personal safety. The day before the study began, the nation experienced the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Which statement is accurate regarding the event associated with this study?

A nurse educator is searching for journal articles on the effectiveness of group versus individual teaching of adolescent recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Which question should the nurse use to search for the most relevant articles?

A nurse is designing a study to evaluate the effectiveness of preoperative teaching to clients undergoing total knee replacement surgery. To best identify previous research studies that investigated client teaching effectiveness, which should the nurse do first?

In a study entitled, "The Effect of Family Members Support on Readmission Rates to an Inpatient Substance Abuse Program", which is the dependent variable?

The nurse-manager decides to research the extent of medication errors on an inpatient unit. The manager chose every tenth medical record from the total number of client records of those admitted to the unit during a six month period of time. What sampling method was employed by the nurse-manager?

Nursing faculty members are retiring at an increasing rate each year. Which statistical calculation provides the best explanation for this statement?

The nurse is reviewing a research study in a peer-reviewed journal and reads this statement: "The Type I error rate was deliberately set at 0.10, rather than the traditional 0.05, because we were willing to take a 10% chance of inadvertently including those clients who would have been able to do a successful return demonstration of the procedure within the group of clients who were identified as being unable to demonstrate the procedure correctly." Which is the correct interpretation of this statement?