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craiczarry

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What are the steps involved in instrument development? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. Clarify the target population
  b. Define concept to be measured
  c. Develop items
  d. Estimate reliability and validity
  e. Statistically analyze individual items
  f. Develop implications from the item analysis

Question 2

Nurse researchers critiquing research reports should be concerned with the assessment of the validity and reliability of study instruments to do what?
 
  a. To determine the utility of the instruments for triangulation
  b. To assess the relationships between the hypotheses and the research questions
  c. To determine whether the concepts and variables were measured adequately
  d. To assess whether the concept under study is being treated as a dependent or an independent variable


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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, B, C, D

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Correct This is the second step in instrument development.
This is the first step in instrument development.
This is the third step in instrument development.
This is the final step in instrument development.
Incorrect This is not considered a step in instrument development.
This is not considered a step in instrument development.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C

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A There are several types of triangulation; the instrument chosen might assist a study to become triangulated, but the reliability and validity of it must be determined before triangulation.
B This response fits the connection between hypotheses and research questions but not instrument reliability and validity.
C An indicator of a study's excellence is the establishment of the reliability and validity of the instruments used to measure variables.
D Instrument reliability and validity issues are separate issues from whether variables are independent or dependent variables.


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