NURSING RESEARCH FINAL EXAM 2
1. A researcher begins a study with 250 subjects, and 50 subjects drop out
before the study is concluded. The researcher will declare 20% as the sample-
Answer attrition rate.
2. The most important initial step when developing research study is to
Answer identify the research problem.
3. The section of a research report that describes the purpose of a research
study will include
Answer what relationships among key variables will be examined.
4. A nurse is assisting with data collection for a study measuring the effects of a
sleep aid medication on oxygen saturations. Subjects will sleep in a darkened
room in a sleep lab while participating. Which type of research setting is
this?
Answer Highly controlled
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, 5. A nurse researcher compares the outcomes of administration of a bron-
chodilator either via nebulizer or by metered-dose inhaler and collects data on
subjects in a pediatric inpatient hospital unit. This is an example of which type
of setting?
Answer Partially controlled.
6. What is the researcher-participant relationship in qualitative research?
Answer Creating empathetic and honest relationships with study subjects
7. A researcher wants to investigate the possibility that diabetic patients who
are allowed to cook their own meals will adhere to dietary restrictions better
than patients who do not. What is the dependent variable?
Answer Adherence to dietary restrictions
8. In which type of research does the researcher seek to examine causal rela-
tionships among variables.
Answer Quasi-experimental
9. A researcher conducts a qualitative study and learns that individuals have a
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1. A researcher begins a study with 250 subjects, and 50 subjects drop out
before the study is concluded. The researcher will declare 20% as the sample-
Answer attrition rate.
2. The most important initial step when developing research study is to
Answer identify the research problem.
3. The section of a research report that describes the purpose of a research
study will include
Answer what relationships among key variables will be examined.
4. A nurse is assisting with data collection for a study measuring the effects of a
sleep aid medication on oxygen saturations. Subjects will sleep in a darkened
room in a sleep lab while participating. Which type of research setting is
this?
Answer Highly controlled
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, 5. A nurse researcher compares the outcomes of administration of a bron-
chodilator either via nebulizer or by metered-dose inhaler and collects data on
subjects in a pediatric inpatient hospital unit. This is an example of which type
of setting?
Answer Partially controlled.
6. What is the researcher-participant relationship in qualitative research?
Answer Creating empathetic and honest relationships with study subjects
7. A researcher wants to investigate the possibility that diabetic patients who
are allowed to cook their own meals will adhere to dietary restrictions better
than patients who do not. What is the dependent variable?
Answer Adherence to dietary restrictions
8. In which type of research does the researcher seek to examine causal rela-
tionships among variables.
Answer Quasi-experimental
9. A researcher conducts a qualitative study and learns that individuals have a
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