351 Exam 2 Practice Quiz
What key principle for critically appraising quantitative and qualitative studies involves examining the quality of all aspects of the research report?
Read and critically appraise the entire study
A primary step in appraising a literature review is to evaluate which of the following?
Relevance of the sources cited
Which of the following is true about the relationship between a study framework and the hypotheses?
The framework and hypotheses must be congruent with each other
What criteria would an experienced researcher look for when critically appraising an abstract for presentation at nursing conferences?
- appropriateness of the study - completeness of the research project - implication of the study findings for practice
A researcher asked nurses in a hospital to participate in a study that examined the leadership of the hospital. A total of 500 subjects were asked to participate, and 200 consented to be in the study. What is the refusal rate for this study?
60%
How can the adequacy of a quantitative study's sample size best be evaluated?
Conducting a power analysis
Which of the following phrases best describes a framework?
A brief explanation of a theory
Which of the following databases is the most helpful in locating research sources that might be summarized for use in nursing practice?
CINAHL
As an undergraduate student, you are encouraged to critique published studies on relevant clinical topics for which of the following reasons?
All of the above
What is the purpose of critically appraising research?
All of the above
Which of the following are important questions when critiquing a framework?
All of the above
Match the definition with the types of sampling. Obtaining a population where composing a sampling frame is severely inhibited:
Cluster sampling
Critiquing the design in a quantitative study to determine if there were threats to the design validity is an example of what step in the critique process?
Comparison
Which of the following techniques can a reviewer use for assistance when critiquing a published study in theory and research framework?
Creating a conceptual map of the concepts as described in the study
In a qualitative study, the confidence of the reader about the extent to which the researchers have produced results that reflect the views of the participants is know as
Credibility
The nurse researcher is evaluating the relevance of a study to determine if the research from the study can be used in practice. This is knows as what dimension of the study?
Critical appraisal
At what point during a study does a qualitative researcher using a phenomenological approach review the literature?
During generation of the research report
Which type of qualitative research involves reviewing the literature before the study to provide a background for conducting the study?
Ethnography
Which type of quantitative study would be expected to have the best developed theoretical framework?
Experimental
What is the primary purpose for reviewing the literature in quantitative research?
Gain a broad understanding of the information available related to a problem
Which of the following questions should a reviewer ask when critiquing a study's framework?
How are the concepts defined?
The sample includes adults over the age of 18, able to read and speak English, and hospitalized for their first abdominal surgery. These are an example of:
Inclusion sampling criteria
The careful, complete examination of a study to judge its strengths, weaknesses, meaning, and significance best describes which of the following?
Intellectual research critique
A researcher performs statistical analyses using summative findings from multiple published quantitative studies on a specific topic. What strategy is the researcher using?
Meta-analysis
Which of the following does the researcher do when conducting a meta-analysis?
Performs statistical analyses using findings from multiple studies
A critique of a qualitative study indicated that insufficient data were gathered and insufficient time was spent gathering data. Which threat is posed for the study?
Procedural rigor
A nurse researcher conducted a grounded theory study of the self-care behavior of patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Ten subjects were selected because they were judged to have strong self-care behavior, and 10 subjects were selected because of their poor self-care behavior. What sampling method was used in this study?
Purposive
Which of the following is a type of non probability sampling?
Purposive
The nurse researcher understands which of the following is a concept?
Restlessness
The number of participants or sample size in a qualitative study is adequate when which of the following occurs?
Saturation of data is achieved, and additional subjects provide no new information
A research article states that "participants were recommended by others already in the study." What is this an example of?
Snowball sampling
The same for a study was randomly selected from a list of registered nurses (RNs) obtained form the Board of Nurse Examiners (BNE) for Texas. the study had a cultural focus, so the final sample included 100 Caucasian, 100 Hispanic, and 100 African American RNs. What type of sampling method was used in this study?
Stratified random
Which section of the literature review includes a concise presentation of the current knowledge base for a clinical practice problem, including what is known and not known?
Summary
Match the definitions with the types of sampling. The number of subjects who meet the criteria of the study.
Target population
The nurse understands that a ____________________ is an integrated set of defined concepts and statements that can describe, explain, predict, or control a phenomenon.
Theory
Which of the following best describes why the nurse researcher critically appraises a study to determine if the treatment in the study is clearly described?
This will be helpful in determine the study design
What is the purpose of a scholarly review of research literature?
To describe current knowledge of the problem
In critiquing a framework, which of the following is an important question to ask?
Were the study findings related to the framework?
Match the purpose of the literature review with the type of qualitative research. The review of the literature is done early in the research process to provide a general understanding of the variables to be examined in a selected culture. a. ethnographic research b. grounded theory research d. phenomenological research d. historical research
a. Ethnographic research
Which of the following is an example of a theory from a physiological background that is used by nurses as a framework for nursing studies?
gate control theory of pain
