Answer :
Research study instruments are measurement tools, to abtain data or information.
For example questionare and some scales.
There are two ways qualitative instruments and quantitative instruments.
Qualitative means here we can not able to measure.
The main instrument in these the researchers it self, like observations, self reports , diaries ect.
Quantitative means we can measures by using instruments like questionare and tests, here they can use the validity and reliability and test retest methods, ect.
The above study is organization of hospital nursing and 30 days readmission in medicare patients undergoing surgery.
The instruments used in the study are
* medicare patient discharge data.
* multi state nurse survey data
*American hospital association annual survey data.
So it means all the data is collected by surveys reports only.
It is related to the study because here they are seeing relationship only and it is qualitative study.
What kind of instruments were used in the study? Did it clearly link to the research...
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