The nurse researcher administered a questionnaire to a group of subjects six weeks ago. Today, the researcher administered the same questionnaire to the same subjects. Select the types of reliability the researcher is testing using this technique. Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Test-retest
2. Parallel forms
3. Stability
4. Alternate forms
5. Interrater
1, 3
Rationale 1: The technique described tests stability, reliability, or test-retest reliability. By testing a group and then retesting them with the same instrument, the researcher is testing the instrument's consistency over time.
Rationale 2: Parallel forms reliability occurs when two forms of the same instrument are compared.
Rationale 3: The technique described tests stability, reliability, or test-retest reliability. By testing a group and then retesting them with the same instrument, the researcher is testing the instrument's consistency over time.
Rationale 4: Alternate forms reliability occurs when two forms of the same instrument are compared.
Rationale 5: The researcher administers both tests, so there is no interrater reliability tested.
Global Rationale:
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a. pregnancy. b. preschool years. c. adolescence. d. early adulthood.
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The nurse will teach the caregivers about the need for small, frequent feedings by explaining to them that newborns and infants have:
a. a slower metabolic rate than adults b. slower peristalsis c. decreased emptying rate d. a 10- to 20-milliliter stomach capacity at birth