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asmith134

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An outpatient being treated in the infusion center for thalassemia is asked to fill out a form about satisfaction with the center, while he waits for his appointment.
 
  The form consists of five questions, each a statement, with six possibilities after it: Strongly Agree, Agree, Slightly Agree, Slightly Disagree, Disagree, and Strongly Disagree. This is an example of which of the following?
  a. A semantic differential scale
  b. A Likert scale
  c. A questionnaire
  d. A paper interview

Question 2

A researcher plans to conduct interviews with the first four participants in a qualitative study, and then the researcher plans to have an assistant conduct several interviews for the remainder of the interviews.
 
  The first thing the researcher does with the research participants is to perform a pilot interview on one participant and to have the assistant conduct a pilot interview on a different participant, and then they compare notes, discussing the process. Why is this a good idea?
  a. This establishes interrater reliability.
  b. Their styles may differ, and this way they can imitate one another's styles.
  c. Pretesting of the interview protocol is essential.
  d. They can begin the process of data analysis at once.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
A Likert scale determines the opinion or attitude of a subject and contains a number of declarative statements with a scale after each statement. The Likert scale is the most commonly used of the scaling techniques in nursing and health care studies. Response choices in a Likert scale most commonly address agreement, evaluation, or frequency. Agreement options may include statements such as strongly agree, agree, uncertain, disagree, and strongly disagree.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Interviews involve verbal communication between the researcher and the study participant, during which the researcher acquires information. Interviewers must be trained in the skills of interviewing, and the interview protocol must be pretested.




asmith134

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
:D TYSM


cam1229

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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