The nurse researcher is using the Mental Measurement Yearbook published in 2010. What portion of the research process is this researcher completing?
1. Review of the literature.
2. Selection of a measurement level.
3. Instrument choice.
4. Data collection.
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Rationale 1: This yearbook would more likely be used to help the researcher choose a study instrument.
Rationale 2: Selection of the measurement level desired should be completed prior to choosing the study instrument from this yearbook.
Rationale 3: The Mental Measurement Yearbook is a source of research instruments. To be reviewed by MMY, a test must be commercially available; be published in the English language; and be new, revised, or widely used since it last appeared in the MMY series.
Rationale 4: This yearbook is not used for data collection.
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