A Researcher Has Conducted a Study That Uses a Measurement

question 4

Multiple Choice

A researcher has conducted a study that uses a measurement tool for agitation, normed in a hospital setting, in an outpatient mental health setting. After completion of the data analysis phase, which of the following is the next logical step in evaluating the evidence?

• A)Recalibration of all instruments used for physiological measurements
• B)Review of the literature
• C)Identification of statistically significant findings
• D)Examination of the measurement tool's reliability in this setting
• E)Reevaluation of the tool's validity in this population

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Definitions:

Positional Tolerance

A geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) concept that specifies the allowable variation in the position of a feature relative to its ideal position.

Tolerance Zone

The permissible limit or limits of variation in a physical dimension or property.

Bilateral Tolerances

Tolerances that allow variation both above and below the specified dimension.

Unilateral Tolerances

Tolerances that allow variation in only one direction (either positive or negative) from the specified dimension.