A nurse researcher would opt to use factor analysis in which ...

[misspop]

A nurse researcher would opt to use factor analysis in which case?
 
  a. To control statistically for a variable and measure differences among group means
  b. To take a large number of variables and group them into a smaller number of factors
  c. To test the relationship between two variables measured at interval or ratio level data
  d. To measure the relationship between one outcome or dependent variable and several dependent variables

Question 2

In a study of nurses' willingness to care for patients with a contagious disease, it was found that the greater the nurses' spirituality, the greater the willingness to provide care. This finding represents what?
 
  a. No correlation
  b. Perfect correlation
  c. Positive correlation
  d. Negative correlation

[dlook33]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B

Feedback
A This answer defines analysis of covariance.
B This is a definition of factor analysis.
C This defines a correlation coefficient.
D This answer defines multiple regression.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C

Feedback
A The example suggests a correlation, not the absence of a correlation.
B There is no indication in the example of a 1.0 correlation coefficient.
C Both variables are correlated in the same (+, +) direction.
D The variables are not correlated in opposite (+, ) directions.

[misspop]

Excellent

[mochi09]

YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review