Kathy Trains Nurses

question 11

Multiple Choice

Kathy trains nurses. She designed a new assertive communication unit to include in her training. She administers a pretest and then randomly assigns nurses to her treatment or a control condition. She tests their communication skills after the treatment. She sees significant differences at immediate testing but after eight weeks she retests the nurses and finds no differences between her treatment and control students.
-It appears Kathy should be most concerned with which of the following threats to her study?

• A) Participant effect
• B) Researcher effect
• C) Novelty effect
• D) Placebo effect

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Definitions:

Total Debits

The sum of all debit entries in an account, which can represent increases in assets or expenses, and decreases in liabilities, equity, and income.

Total Credits

The sum of all credit entries in an accounting system, representing the total amount by which liabilities, equity, and revenue accounts increase.

Trial Balance

An accounting report that lists the balances of all ledgers accounts in order to ensure that total debits equal total credits.

Financial Transaction

A financial transaction refers to an agreement, or communication between a buyer and seller to exchange an asset for payment. It involves a change in the status of the finances of two or more businesses or individuals.