Nurse researchers critiquing research reports should be concerned with the assessment of the validity and reliability of study instruments to do what?
a. To determine the utility of the instruments for triangulation
b. To assess the relationships between the hypotheses and the research questions
c. To determine whether the concepts and variables were measured adequately
d. To assess whether the concept under study is being treated as a dependent or an independent variable
ANS: C
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A There are several types of triangulation; the instrument chosen might assist a study to become triangulated, but the reliability and validity of it must be determined before triangulation.
B This response fits the connection between hypotheses and research questions but not instrument reliability and validity.
C An indicator of a study's excellence is the establishment of the reliability and validity of the instruments used to measure variables.
D Instrument reliability and validity issues are separate issues from whether variables are independent or dependent variables.
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