QUESTION 4
What type of study is described in the following excerpt?
An interprofessional team wants to test a new intervention to see whether it will improve central-line associated bloodstream
infection (CLABSI) rates. Subjects were randomized into either the intervention or the control group by pulling a slip of paper wit
either a one or a two written on it from a manila envelope (those pulling ones were randomized to the intervention group: those
pulling twos were randomized to the control group). When the study began, the intervention group received the intervention and
control group received equal attention. Data was collected and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPS
Descriptive statistics were used to report the data.
What type of research article is this?
OA. Quantitative research
OB. Qualitative research
OC. Systematic reviews
OD. Literature reviews
OE. Mixed methods
OF. Program evaluation
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