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fahad

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on: Jul 8, 2018
The statistic a nurse researcher should choose to use in a meta-analysis is what?
 
  a. Survival curve
  b. Odds ratio
  c. Measure of central tendency
  d. Measure of dispersion

Question 2

To assess the efficacy of a specific intervention, which type of clinical category should the student investigate in appraising study results?
 
  a. Therapy
  b. Sensitivity and specificity
  c. Prognosis
  d. Harm


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sultansheikh

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

ANS: B

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A Survival curve is a graph showing the probability that a patient survives in a given state for a specified time.
B Odds ratio is the statistic of choice for meta-analysis.
C Measure of central tendency refers to several statistics (e.g., mean), not reserved to meta-analysis.
D Measure of dispersion refers to several statistics (e.g., standard deviation), not reserved to meta-analysis.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A

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A Therapy category articles attempt to determine whether a difference exists between two or more treatments.
B In sensitivity and specificity studies, investigators assess the ability of screening tools and techniques to detect a disease.
C In prognosis category articles, researchers try to determine the outcome of a particular disease or condition.
D Harm category articles assess whether an individual has been harmed by exposure to a particular event.


fahad

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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