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Enhance understanding of research concepts. Apply research concepts to reading of research studies.
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Type of quantitative research that involves the investigation of relationships among variables
quasi-experimental research
framework
descriptive research
correlational research
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"The effect of exercise on measures of cardiovascular function"
Quantitative
Qualitative
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"Surviving SARS: Insiders' perspectives"
Qualitative
Quantitative
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"Potential association between child's height and rating of anxiety" is what type of study?
correlational
descriptive
quasi-experimental
experimental
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Pain is a physiological and psychological response to stimulus whenever a patient says it does
operational definition
dependent variable
independent variable
conceptual definition
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"Predictors of length of stay in hospital among maternity patients"
Quantitative
Qualitative
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Prisoners are:
unable to be research participants
part of a protected group and a vulnerable population
eligible for mandatory compensation as research participants
undesirable research participants d/t their status/ inmate
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The ethical principle of “respect for persons” implies:
Fair treatment for all
Do no harm
Allow autonomous individuals to make their own decisions
Promote good
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An idea or a concept that is implicit in and recurrent throughout the data:
Content analysis
theme
saturated
clinical significance
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"The prevalence of depression in public nursing homes"
Qualitative
Quantitative
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A threat to research when another activity occurs at the same time the study was ongoing:
Instrumental threat
Testing effect
Historical threat
Maturation threat
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"Demographic factors that contribute to risk-taking behaviours in low-income adolescents"
Qualitative
Quantitative
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Selecting 8 participants who had experienced war in their country is this type of sampling:
random sampling
purposive sampling
quota sampling
convenience sampling
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Main purpose of statistical analysis:
identify and explain patients' response to care
generate and validate knowledge
summarize and interpret data
identify and discuss best research evidence
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The researcher offered $250 to university students to participate in a one hour study
coercion
benefit
incentive
risk
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What is defined as the "study's findings are applicable to the total population"?
credibility
probability
generalizability
trustworthiness
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Which is appropriate for the question "what is the average temperature of patients"?
inferential statistics
descriptive statistics
Chi-square
ANOVA
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Selecting random sample from young, middle, and older adult populations for a study:
non-probability sampling
convenience sampling
stratified random sampling
network sampling
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Agreement by a subject to participate voluntarily in a study after understanding invormation
confidentiality
informed consent
human rights
anonymity
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"The effect of oral support measures on growth patterns of very low birth weight infants"
Qualitative
Quantitative
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The purpose of control in a study design is to increase the:
validity of the findings
credibility of the researcher
probability that results are true to reality
flaws in the study design
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Process of statistically pooling results from previous studies into one quantitative analysis:
Best research evidence
Systematic Review
Meta-synthesis
Meta-analysis
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Undergraduate nursing students are required to study research methods so they are able to:
conduct research studies
compute statistical analyses of data
evaluate research reports for relevance to clinical practice
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Consistency that a measure will give same result if the aspect being measured has not changed:
validity
resilience
reliability
replicability
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Research asked closed ended questions, analyzed numerical data to reject or accept hypothesis:
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Systematic Review Research
Mixed Method Research
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As a researcher, what would be a threat to validity?
A sample that represents the population
participants who drop out of the study
Finding unexpected results
Differences between two medication trials
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The variables of heart rate, blood pressure are measured after the completion of an exercise
independent variable
demographic variables
extraneous variable
dependent variable
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The most appropriate reason for conducting a mixed-method research study:
An individual approach can adequately answer the question
Second approach enhances understanding of the existing study
This approach is easy to conduct
Generates the best available evidence on the topic
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Variables that exist in all studies and can affect the measurement of a study variables.
hypothesis
dependent variable
extraneous variable
demographic variable
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Formal statement of the expected relationship between two or more variables in a population
independent variable
dependent variable
demographic variable
hypothesis
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Principles of respect for persons, beneficence, justice, relevant to conduct of research:
human rights
ethical principles
professional standards
research laws
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What is the main goal of the quantitative research approach?
Transfer findings
Develop practice guidelines
Generalize findings
gain in-depth understanding
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The meaning of the representativeness of a sample:
can apply findings from sample to another population
can apply findings from sample to target pouplation
sample is similar to target population
sample and population can be manipulated
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Description of how variables will be measured or manipulated in a study.
Dependent Variable
Conceptual definition of variable
Research Problem
Operational definition of variable
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"Struggling through: The process of adapting to widowhood"
Qualitative
Quantitiative
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As a new nurse, it is important to perform a skill based on:
What your experienced mentor recommends
What the doctor's order directs you to do
The way it has always been done
Evidence, clinical judgement, patient preferences
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Area of concern or gap in the knowledge base and thus requires study
research question
research problem
research purpose
research topic
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"Meaning of menopause to rural Appalachian women"
Quantitative
Qualitative
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Why do researchers conduct a review of relevant literature?
To determine qualitative and quantitative knowledge
To get a picture of what is known/not known about a problem
To review relevant data about the literature
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Which is NOT considered a threat to external validity?
Novelty effect
Hawthorne effect
Experimenter effect
Effect size
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"The meaning of hope in patients waiting for a donor organ"
Qualitative
Quantitative
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"The lived experience of parental caregiving to a dying child"
Qualitative
Quantitative
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Global dementia can't give legal consent to participate, but the researcher may try to obtain:
verbal consent
video consent
assent
informal consent
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What is the main reason to use evidenced informed practice?
To practice as an accountable professional
To provide quality, cost effective care with good outcomes
To find interventions that cure disease
To create plans that match patient need
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Critical theory says that:
truth is relative and subjective
reality is constructed by individual perception
not all things can be understood
reality is constructed by those with the most power
