401208 Research

The behaviour of the subjects being observed changes because they are being watched is called?

The 1st step of the research process involves?

Which of the following ONLY lists examples of categorical data?

In statistics, spread of dispersion is described by:

Among the following which is most significant P value?

A contingency table (2x2) is used to calculate:

Researchable problems can only be identified through personal experience of the phenomena?

A statistic calculated in ANOVA:

In qualitative research, a guiding principle in deciding sample size is:

Qualitative method that focuses on description and interpretation of cultural behavior?

Randomization is useful to eliminate:

The Spearman's-Brown formula is used to estimate:

Which of the following data collection method has better subjectivity?

What is the mode in statistics?

Considerations for choosing sample size include:

The stages of sampling process comprises of?

Design that unfolds in the course of a qualitative study as the researcher makes ongoing design

Consistency with which an instrument measures the attribute it is supposed to be measuring

Double blind study means:

Qualitative design where lived experiences of individuals are examined in their "life-world"?

The squire of the standard deviation is the:

Which of the following is TRUE about features of quasi-experimental research design?

How many degrees of freedom would a table with 3 rows and 2 columns have?

2 important values necessary for describing frequency distribution of a series of observation:

Researcher interviewing children aged 12yrs↓. In addition to parental consent what is required?

The Chi-square test is used to measure the degree of:

Skewness is a measure:

Characteristics of qualitative research design are?

Research systematically processes gathers/analyses info measures/converts into numerical info

In the scientific investigation, the first step is:

The Median value is the:

The principle that all research participants should be treated equally is known as?

The entire group of people or animals in which the researcher is interested is called:

'Emic perspective' refers to:

Type of research focused on finding a solution to an immediate practical problem is termed as:

Which is false about normal distribution curve?

The area of inquiry in grounded theory approach is?

Normal distribution curve is explained using:

What is the purpose of data analysis in Qualitative research?

Which of the following is a pre-requisite for the Chi-square test compare?

Which measure of central tendency is Influenced by extreme scores and skewed distributions?

What is the mean?

Which of the following is NOT a method of quantitative research?

Same results are obtained on repeated administrations of the instrument is termed as:

Data has been coded>abstracted codes are grouped logically & a label is allocated to each group

Studies that produce basic estimates of rates of disorder in general population & its subgroups

Phenomenological study involves all the following features, EXCEPT

In a random sample taken for a population, the median is higher than:

The p-value is the result of a statistical test that report the?

Which is false about cohort study?

The reliability of a measuring tool has following aspects, except:

Hypothesis testing is sometimes called:

What does the acronym IMRAD stand for?

Which of the following is NOT a type of validity index of a research instrument?

What does the analytic term "coding" mean?

Chi-square test is used to test:

In a box plot diagram, what proportion of the study sample is represented by the box?

Qualitative research perspectives acknowledge multiple realities?

Which of the following is a characteristic of qualitative research?

Qualitative- derive a complex array of data from variety of sources using variety of methods is

The standard deviation of a sampling distribution is referred to as the:

Which of the following are common methods for communicating research findings?

In a negatively skewed distribution, the mean generally falls to:

The proportion of observations fall above the median is:

What are the researchers methodological assumptions? They are their

Sampling bias or the error resulting from taking a non-random sample of a population include:

Which is a distinctive feature of data analysis using a Grounded Theory Approach?

Which statistical parameter requires quantities to be arranged in ascending or descending order

Theoretical sampling is considered as a critical feature of:

Basic principles accepted as true on the basis of logic or reason without proof or verification

The stability index of a measuring tool is derived through procedures that evaluate:

Qualitative data collection methods include?

Validity is?

The variable in an experiment that is known from the start and does not change is called the:

A table that shows how often different scores appear in a set of scores is called a frequency:

Declaration of Helsinki (1964/1975) is related to:

All of the following diagrams can be draw from quantitative data, except:

Which scale of measurement has an absolute zero?

Arrangement of values in a serial order is to determine:

What does the acronym PICO stand for?

In normal distribution curve, sampling values following:

In a highly skewed distribution central tendency is better explained by:

An essential feature of grounded theory research is:

At which point in the research process can Qualitative data be analysed?

Best graph for demonstration of relationship between ages and weight is:

What is one advantage of using physiological measurements as sources of Quantitative data?

A sampling method which involves a random start and a fixed, periodic interval:

What is the mode?

What does the analytic term 'coding' mean?

Data collection on everyone/everything in group/population, has advantage of accuracy & detail?

Deductive Reasoning is applied in?

Term refers to use of multiple referents to draw conclusions about what constitutes the truth:

A measure of central tendency which is calculated by numbers arranging in numerical order is:

A research question is the foundation of any research study & is the 1st step taken in research

Calculate the mode of 70, 71, 72, 70, 70

A hypothesis which a researcher tries to disprove is:

The term triangulation was coined by:

A branch of qualitative research associated with the field of anthropology:

Participants have the right to freedom from harm, injury, disability or death:

All the following are measures of central tendency, except:

The variable which is influenced by the intervention of the researcher is called:

Which is a characteristic of qualitative research methods?

Confidentiality of information about participants can be enhanced by:

Age and sex representation is best represented by:

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic feature of qualitative research?

What is a hypothesis?

Samples from a general population are studied over time with respect to some phenomenon:

After data is coded, abstracted codes are grouped logically & label is allocated to each group:

Epidemiological study, incubation periods obtained were 2, 5, 8, 10, 25, 10, 30 the median is?

Focus group interviews?

Process identifying & holding in any preconceived beliefs & opinions one has about phenomena:

Among the measure of dispersion which is the most frequently used:

A scatter diagram shows:

Qualitative research involves the interpretation of a situation, set of behaviours, or setting?

95% confidence interval refers to:

Which of the following methods is a form of graphical presentation of data?

Determining the Degrees of Freedom for a 2X2 contingency table for Chi-squire distribution is:

All nurses and midwives need to be consumers of research?

Disadvantage of using physiological measurements as sources of data in Quantitative research?

Percentage of data can be shown in:

Which of the following is a complementary process that aids data analysis?

Reliability is?

A measure used to standardise the central tendency away from the mean across different samples?

Research design - area inquiry is the manner by which people make sense of social interactions:

Study participants have right to self-determination & to choose whether or not they participate

From which two levels of measurement can the mean be calculated?

Which is true about cluster sampling?

What is the median?

Probability values fall on scale between:

Shape of a normal curve is:

Quantitative data can be best represented by:

Another name for a bar graph is:

Which is NOT related to dealing with extraneous variables in a quantitative research?

An effective literature search must start with the formulation of a focused question?

Square root of deviation is called:

Multi-trait-multi-matrix (MTMM) is a procedure developed to establish:

Method analyzing qualitative data using an interactive approach to testing research hypothesis:

Which is NOT a characteristic of normal distribution?

The grounded theory approach was developed by?

Type I errors occur:

Random sampling or probability sampling includes all the following techniques, except:

The indices used to measure variation or dispersion among scores are all, except:

Outcome is a result of factors planned within design of the study or determined by chance is:

Which of the following is NOT a qualitative research approach?

What are the ethical and legal requirements for an informed consent?

The principles of ethics in nursing research include:

The degree of flatness or peakedness of a graph of a frequency distribution is termed as:

Gender, age-class, religion, type of disease, and blood group are measured on:

Qualitative - to derive complex array of data from variety of sources, using variety of methods

Quantitative data collection methods include?

Type of research involving understanding the human experience using non-statistical analysis?

In an unstructured interview

The degree to which an instrument measures what it is supposed to be measuring is its:

Kaplan–Meier estimator curves are related to:

The standard deviation of a sampling distribution is referred to as the:

Which database is LEAST likely to store articles relevant to nursing and midwifery?

Relationship between two variables can be presented by:

What are the three components of evidence based practice?

Considerations for choosing sample size include:

Qualitative research design involves?

Scheffe's test is a:

Friedman's test is:

Large standard deviations suggest that:

What are statistics used to summarise quantitative data known as?

All research studies involving human participants are subject to ethical approval?