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