Questions with Solutions 2025-2026
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Historical research - Answer Research about nursing practice during the Crimean War
Open-ended interview - Answer Questioning research participants without a fixer list of
questions
Transcription - Answer Typing verbatim narrative from a recorded interview
Rigor - Answer -Carefulness of data in a study that gives findings credibility
-Strict adherence to the research plan
Immersion - Answer Reading and rereading the data
Snowballing - Answer The sampling method where participants in a study recruit others
Participant - Answer A person from whom data is collected in a study
Ethnography - Answer Study of tradition and customs of people
Bracketing - Answer Setting aside one's values when conducting a study
Emic approach - Answer Studying behavior from within a culture
Field notes - Answer Notes from a research observation
Secondary source - Answer Account of a situation by a person who learned of the situation
from another person
Going native - Answer When a researcher becomes part of a culture and loses the ability to
observe clearly
Phenomenological approach - Answer A study focused on the lived experience
, Qualitative research - Answer Subjective approach to a study that describes life's meaning
Exploratory-descriptive - Answer -A type of qualitative study that is developed to provide
information and insight into clinical or practice problems
Facilitator - Answer Conducts a focus group
Phenomena - Answer Experiences that comprise the lives of humans
Grounded theory - Answer Qualitative method that describes social processes
Coding - Answer Labeling the data
Correlational - Answer A type of quantitative research involving relationships between or
among variables
Sample - Answer Subset of the population selected for the study
Purpose - Answer Identifies the goal or purpose of the study
Quantitative research - Answer Type of nursing research for generating numerical
information about the world (Objective information)
(Research) Design - Answer Study blueprint; plan to maximize control over factors in a study
(Research) Problem - Answer Gap in nursing knowledge
Basic research - Answer Type of research that seeks knowledge for knowledge's sake
Measurement - Answer Assigning numbers to variables
Limitations - Answer Restrictions in a study that may decrease the generalizability of a study
Generalization - Answer Extension of the application of the findings from the sample to a
larger population