research exam 3 practice quiz

Descriptive statistics should be reported in every study to:

show the sample characteristics

One criterion not usually found in participant selection in qualitative studies is:

Random selection of participants.

Why is research essential for the delivery of quality nursing care?

Research provides the nurse with knowledge needed to make sound clinical decisions.

An implicit framework is a set of

theoretical ideas that are nebulous and vaguely expressed

The safeguard mechanism by which even the researcher cannot link the participant with the information provided is called:

anonymity

A research article entitled, "The Effect of Massage to Decrease Musculoskeletal Pain: an Intervention Study," is what type of research?

applied

A research problem is the

area of concern or gap in the knowledge base

Which critiquing criterion would apply to physiologic measurement?

Is there a provision for evaluating the accuracy of the instrument?

Which of the following is NOT a relational statement?

Measuring blood sugar is an important way to assess a diabetic's condition.

A research study explored the meaning of health for migrant farm-worker women in a southern state. A convenience sample of 20 migrant farm-worker women in Georgia was surveyed. What is the population of this study?

Migrant farm-worker women in Georgia.

Which of the following methods would be most reasonable to use if a researcher is interested in finding out what it is like to live with a person who has a terminal illness?

Phenomenological approach

A study is entitled, "The Use of Massage as an Intervention for Decreasing Low Back Pain." What type of research was conducted?

Quasi-experimental research

What type of research involves the systematic investigation of cause-and-effect interactions among variables?

Quasi-experimental research

A research article entitled, "The Effect of Heat Application to Decrease Tissue Inflammation in Laboratory Mice," is what type of research?

basic

A nurse is using theories from psychology to expand her understanding of the grief process. This is an example of which way of acquiring knowledge for nursing practice?

borrowing

Abstract connections making a logical scheme and having a common theme defines:

conceptual model

The _____ section of a research report includes the implications of the findings for nursing and the recommendations for future research.

discussion

Physiological measures are:

measurement methods used to quantify the level of functioning of living beings

Gender is an example of which level of measurement?

nominal

The statement, "This study explores the experience of caregiving by adult daughters of parents with Alzheimer's disease," is an example of which of the following components of a research study?

objective or aim

A researcher notes that 3 of 30 subjects had extreme anxiety scores when compared with the other subjects. These three subjects would be treated as:

outliers

Use the following excerpt of a published study to answer the question: Edel, E. Houston, S. Kennedy, V. & LaRocco, M. (1998). Brief research report: impact of a 5-minute scrub on the microbial flora found on artificial, polished, or natural fingernails of operating room personnel, Nursing Research, 47(1), 54-9. Which of the following correctly identifies a variable in the above study? The:

presence and type of microbes are dependent variables

Subjects who participate in a study of patients with inflammatory bowel disease are described as the:

sample

Which of the following levels of significance would decrease the chance of a Type II error?

0.10

A critical appraisal should be a/an

Balanced appraisal of a study's strengths and weaknesses

Which of the following statements BEST describes a critique of research?

Careful examination of a study to evaluate its strengths, limitations, meaning, and significance

Which of the following is not a descriptive statistic?

Correlational analysis

Which of the following is a role of the BSN-educated nurse in regard to research?

Critique research articles for clinical usefulness

How are quantitative and qualitative research approaches different?

Design is highly controlled in quantitative research and adaptable in qualitative research

Which of the following studies would NOT be considered nursing research?

Developing innovative pin insertion techniques for fracture treatment

The following research steps could be found in which type of qualitative research? • Identification of the culture to be studied • Gaining entrance • Cultural immersion • Acquiring informants • Theory development

Ethnographic

What is the primary purpose for reviewing the literature in quantitative research?

Gain a broad understanding of the information available related to a problem.

Experimental studies are most often conducted in which of the following settings?

Highly controlled settings

Threats to validity can be handled by the researcher in all of these ways EXCEPT:

Ignore the threat

Which of the following are the four major parts most often included in a research report?

Introduction, methods, results, and discussion

The components of evidence-based practice include all of the following EXCEPT:

Time honored accepted nursing practices

The purpose of a study must include which of the following?

Variables

The sample included adults over the age of 18, able to read and speak English, and hospitalized for their first abdominal surgery. These are an example of the:

inclusion sampling criteria.

Which ethical principle is violated when a benefit to which a person is entitled is denied without good reason or when a burden is imposed unduly?

justice

What type of source is written by the person who originated it or is responsible for generating the ideas?

primary

One example of a research population with diminished autonomy (vulnerability) would be:

prisoners

A study is entitled, "The Use of Biofeedback as an Intervention for Decreasing Phantom Limb Pain." What type of research was conducted?

quasi-experimental research

The faces scale used to measure pain in children is an example of which type of data collection tool:

rating scale

A primary step in critiquing a literature review is to evaluate the:

relevance of the sources cited