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newbem

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The nurse plans a study comparing the occurrence of anxiety disorders in military personnel deployed overseas with those who served strictly within the borders of the United States. What research design should be selected for this study?
 
  A) Experimental
  B) Quasi-Experimental
  C) Cohort
  D) Nonexperimental

Question 2

Use of nonexperimental designs in research fulfills what purpose?
 
  A) Describing
  B) Predicting
  C) Controlling
  D) Blinding



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Answer to Question 1

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A nonexperimental design should be selected for this study. When researchers do not intervene by controlling the independent variable, the study is nonexperimental, or, in the medical literature, observational.

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A nonexperimental design in research fulfills the purpose of describing. It does not predict, control, or use blinding.




newbem

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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