Why Should a Nurse Researcher Be Concerned with Randomization in a Study

question 4

Multiple Choice

Why should a nurse researcher be concerned with randomization in a study with an experimental design?

• A) It reduces the risk that a subject will be harmed by participation in the study.
• B) It ensures that the experimental group and the control group have the same number of participants.
• C) It allows the study to proceed without the researcher knowing which group is the treatment group.
• D) It increases the likelihood that differences in outcomes between the groups are not related to chance alone.

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Definitions:

Demographic Variable

A characteristic used to segment populations for study, such as age, gender, income level, education, or ethnicity.

Social Class

A segmentation of society according to socioeconomic standings.

Cultural Experiences

Engagements that allow individuals to immerse themselves in the practices, customs, and values of different societies.

Segmentation Variables

refer to the criteria or bases used in dividing a market into distinct subsets of consumers with common needs or characteristics, such as demographic, geographic, psychographic, and behavioral variables.