What are Independent and Dependent Variables?Question: What's a variable? Answer: A variable is an object, event, idea, feeling, time period, or any other type of category you are trying to measure. There are two types of variables-independent and dependent. Question: What's an independent variable? Answer: An independent variable is exactly what it sounds like. It is a variable that stands alone and isn't changed by the other variables you are trying to measure. For example, someone's age might be an independent variable. Other factors (such as what they eat, how much they go to school, how much television they watch) aren't going to change a person's age. In fact, when you are looking for some kind of relationship between variables you are trying to see if the independent variable causes some kind of change in the other variables, or dependent variables. Question: What's a dependent variable? Answer: Just like an independent variable, a dependent variable is exactly what it sounds like. It is something that depends on other factors. For example, a test score could be a dependent variable because it could change depending on several factors such as how much you studied, how much sleep you got the night before you took the test, or even how hungry you were when you took it. Usually when you are looking for a relationship between two things you are trying to find out what makes the dependent variable change the way it does. Many people have trouble remembering which is the independent variable and which is the dependent variable. An easy way to remember is to insert the names of the two variables you are using in this sentence in they way that makes the most sense. Then you can figure out which is the independent variable and which is the dependent variable: (Independent variable) causes a change in (Dependent Variable) and it isn't possible that (Dependent Variable) could cause a change in (Independent Variable). For example: (Time Spent Studying) causes a change in (Test Score) and it isn't possible that (Test Score) could cause a change in (Time Spent Studying). We see that "Time Spent Studying" must be the independent variable and "Test Score" must be the dependent variable because the sentence doesn't make sense the other way around. Close Window |
Quiz 1 Which situation would the hc team have to apply the best interest standard? The patient who is unconscious and requires emergent surgery Kant suggested that which of the following is the true test of good will? The person continues to act out of duty Which statement made by the nurse indicates a deontologist view of duty? Decisions that i make are focused on maximizing the benefits of my patients The nurse caring for a patient was asked by the hospital chaplain if the chaplain could pray with the patient. The nurse saw “no religious affiliation” on the admission form of the patients medical record and told the chaplain not to pray with the patient. Which of the following has the nurse violated? Autonomy For an act to have moral worth, a person must Act from duty to moral law Which situation would be most appropriate for the nurse to apply the theory of double effect Medicating a terminally ill client with morphine Which of the following accurately compares virtue ethics and egoistic theories Both theories involve self-actualization Which of the following is true regarding ethical egoism in hc This theory does not relate to patient-centered care Health care is a substance right that may or may not be a legal right True The doctor diagnosed a patient with lung cancer and stated i need you to come back tomorrow and have a port-a-cath placed, so we can start chemotherapy right away. Which of the following responses, if made by the patient, would classify how paternalism has changed since 2010 with the ACA? I would like to think about my options and consider alternatives therapies first The nurse working at the hospital was yelled at by a doctor after accidently giving the wrong dose of insulin to an assigned patient. The nurse stated to the doctor, “you have no right to treat me like that and i am going to report your behavior to my supervisor and yours” this statement by the nurse can best be justified by which of the following? Negative rights The second version of the categorical imperative emphasized which of the following Duty to respect every person which of the following statements made by the nurse following a medication error indicates the nurse is acting as an autonomous agent I understand that the actions i took contributed to the incident Which of the following is the major difference between teleological theories and deontological theories Teleological theory believes the outcome of our actions should help determine what is right and deontological theories argues that consequences are not relevant to deciding between right and wrong
Which of the following applies to beneficence Which of the following demonstrates a competent patient being coerced The older sibling of five year old child is asked by parents to donate bone marrow to save the give-year-olds life because the older sibling is the only match The nurse is caring for a patient who had an indwelling urethral catheter removed 24 hours ago and has been urinating without difficulty. The patient reports feeling like the bladder is full but cannot void. The nurse scanned the patient's bladder finding 525 mls of urine present and inserted a straight catheter to empty the bladder. The actions by the nurse demonstrate which of the following? Autonomy Which action by the nurse manager demonstrates kant's interpretation of the golden rule Which of the following is true when comparing distributive and procedural justice
Quiz 2 Which of the following moral reference groups is most likely to feel that their perceived value of a male embryo is greater than those of a female embryo? Sexist Which is true, according to Callahan, of how both the conservative and permissive approaches compare to each other as to evaluating alternative reproduction technology They both represent an equally inadequate and narrow focus Which of the following types of families would Callahan argue produce the most biological and cultural advantages for its immediate and extended members? Two married heterosexual parents who also are the genetic, gestational, and rearing parents Which of the following best represents the central and moral obligation of humanity toward children? Children and essential for society to survive and flourish From an evolutionary point of view, which of the following examples of a family structure provides the most protection, defense, and complex long-term nurture and socialization of an offspring? A chimpanzee carries around its infant in the forest Which of the following best explains why we must attempt to understand the complexities of surrogacy’s ethical dimensions? A consensus on the courses of action that maximizes all the values involved should be attempted to be reached for the benefit of all parties concerned, including embryonic entities. Which of the following is true regarding the variables in ways we think about what constitutes a child? There are differing opinions based on the time of gestation and the change in status from embryo to fetus to birth How can the ethics of child adoption be compared to the ethical justification for taking risks and trying new assisted reproductive technologies?
A woman is considering entering into a surrogacy contract and she is pondering her responsibilities. Which of the following does this potential surrogate mother morally have the most obligation to protect? The responsibility for the life that may result from her surrogacy Which of the following is the most important reason why surrogacy arrangements ought to be developed and entered into with caution? Intense emotions in the gestational mother may be generated In most cases, an egg or sperm donor contracts to include future interactions with a potential offspring False What does the whitehead-stern court dispute most accurately demonstrate about the importance of role of the family structure in alternative reproductive technology The divisive chaos and suffering that is possible in third party surrogate arrangements Although infertility is not classifiable as a disease and is never life threatening which of the following is true regarding its consequences Infertility can cause intense suffering and be a dysfunction of normal life Many of the early steps in the reproductive process can be carried out in the laboratory through procedures such as in vitro fertilization, therefore, decisions at each stage whether to move forward to the next stage need to be. One example of a stage that requires a decision is reviewing the test results for genetic anomalies of pre embryo. True Why can it be said that extended family is important for family life for both practical and psychological reasons Individual identity is rooted in biologically based descent and cooperative kinship networks within larger social groups. Which of the following is true about potential complications regarding pre embryo decisions that results from the introduction of new technologies? The natural course of events for a frozen pre embryo is suspended animation without an intervention to change its status
Quiz 3 Which of the following will be necessary to solve the issue of older adults having access to general long-term care or palliative care? Long-term care needs to be recognized by the public and the government as necessary health care A 55-year-old patient has a stroke with left-sided paralysis, requires long-term care, but has no insurance and lives paycheck to paycheck on a single-person income which will no longer exist. The patient would be eligible for which of the following types of payment options for the long-term care? Medicaid Which of the following may result in more people developing late-onset Alzheimer disease? Decreased deaths occurring from cardiac disease
True or false? HECs should base decisions related to resource allocation on community values, legal requirements, and local and national politics False Which of the following is correct when comparing and contrasting long-term care need and palliative care initiatives? Palliative care assists with chronic illnesses while long-term care provides cognitive and functional total care Healthcare ethics committees should include subcommittees that concentrate on which two primary areas? Administrative issues and clinical practice issues The HEC is investigating a case in which a patient’s competency and ability to give informed consent has been called into question. Which individual should the HEC consult to determine specifically how the principles of ethics apply to the situation? An ethicist Aging-in-place programs have resulted in which of the following changes? The percentages of overall older adults requiring palliative and long-term care Why is the involvement of the HECs necessary in the area of resource allocation? Hospitals do not have enough funding to meet all demands and must make ethically complex decisions about how scarce resources are allocated With the aging of the baby boomers, demand for quality long-term care will? Increase Which community member would be an appropriate choice for an ethics committee member? A town council member who is familiar with the needs and concerns of the town’s residents A physician begins to experience headaches and fatigue and is uncharacteristically irritable both at the hospital and at home. When asked about work, the physician expresses frustration at staffing shortages leading to delays in care implementation and patient discomfort. The physician is exhibiting signs of which phenomenon? Moral distress Which of the following correctly analyzes the issues of the costs of care related to long term and palliative care Most people age 65 and older either cannot afford or do not qualify for assistance by the government programs for long term health and palliative care PPACA 2010 resulted from which of the following? Bills introduced in Congress in 1980 and 199 0 Which of the following is the commonality among assisted living facilities, LCAH and CCRCs? They were all implemented to allow persons requiring long term care to receive the care in home-like environment Which of the following should describe ethics committee members? Both A and B Which step would an ethics committee following Nelsons multistep model take first?