A group of nurse researchers specializing in the care of ...

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A group of nurse researchers specializing in the care of pediatric oncology patients decides to perform interviews on nurses caring for pediatric oncology patients to determine patterns of nurse caring.
 
  After deciding on fifteen interview questions, they submit their draft to five pediatric oncology nurse practitioners for input. This practice illustrates obtaining which of the following? A) Internal consistency
  B) Content validity
  C) Face validity
  D) Equivalency

Question 2

When subjects' behaviors are affected not by the treatment per se but by their knowledge of participating in a study, the generalizability of the results are limited because of the influence of the:
 
  A) Treatment effect
  B) History threat
  C) Hawthorne effect
  D) Selection threat

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Answer to Question 1

B
Feedback:
An instrument's content validity is based on the judgment of experts evaluating the instrument, which is the case here. There is no totally objective method for insuring adequate content coverage, but often a panel of subject content experts is asked to evaluate the content validity of new instruments. Researchers can calculate a content validity index (CVI) that indicates the extent of expert agreement. Internal consistency is a measure of the extent to which all of an instrument's items measure the same thing. Equivalence, in reliability assessment, primarily concerns the degree to which two or more independent observers or coders agree about scoring on an instrument. Face validity refers to whether an instrument looks as though it is measuring the appropriate construct.

Answer to Question 2

C

[cagreen833]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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