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:

Production Function

A mathematical expression that describes the relationship between input factors and the output of goods or services.

Returns To Scale

The change in output of a production process as all inputs are increased proportionally.

Marginal Product

The additional output that is produced by using one more unit of a particular input, holding the levels of all other inputs constant.

Production Function

An economic model that describes the relationship between input resources and the output of goods or services for a business or economy.