PBC Research Methods & Evidence-Based Practice 3

Question 1

A nurse researcher conducting a phenomenological study of NICU loss sends member checks to participants. The purpose of member checking is to:

Accepted Answer

Enhance the credibility of qualitative findings by verifying interpretations with participants

Answer

Member checking enhances credibility (trustworthiness) in qualitative research by returning findings to participants to confirm accuracy of interpretation.

Question 2

Which measure of central tendency is MOST appropriate when reporting grief scores in a sample with extreme outliers?

Accepted Answer

Median

Answer

The median is resistant to extreme values and provides a better representation of central tendency in skewed distributions.

Question 3

A bereavement researcher wants to study whether type of pregnancy loss (miscarriage vs. stillbirth vs. neonatal death) predicts grief intensity at 6 months. The MOST appropriate design is:

Accepted Answer

A single-group longitudinal cohort with repeated measures

Answer

A longitudinal cohort design allows comparison of groups over time, which is necessary to assess grief intensity at 6 months by loss type.

Question 4

In bereavement research, the concept of 'transferability' in qualitative studies is analogous to which concept in quantitative research?

Accepted Answer

External validity / generalizability

Answer

Transferability—whether findings apply to other contexts—parallels external validity or generalizability in quantitative research.

Question 5

A grief scale used in a bereavement program shows the same scores when administered by two different clinicians. This property is best described as:

Accepted Answer

Inter-rater reliability

Answer

Inter-rater reliability measures consistency of scores when the same instrument is used by different raters or administrators.

(PBC) Perinatal Bereavement Certification Practice Test

(PBC) Perinatal Bereavement Certification Practice Test

PBC Research Methods & Evidence-Based Practice 3