ESSENTIALS OF NURSING RESEARCH
ACTUAL TEST BANK UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED RESPONSES
●● Clinical Trial
Answer: A study designed to assess the safety, efficacy, and
effectiveness of a new clinical intervention, sometimes involving several
phases, one of which (Phase III) is a randomized controlled trial (RCT)
using an experimental design.
●● Concept
Answer: Ah abstraction based on observation of behaviors or
characteristics (e.g. fatigue, pain).
●● Conceptual Definition
Answer: The abstract or theoretical meaning of a concept under study.
●● Construct
Answer: An abstraction or concept that is deliberately invented
(constructed) by researchers for a scientific purpose (e.g., health locus of
control).
●● Data
, Answer: The pieces of information obtained in a study.
●● Dependent Variable
Answer: The variable hypothesized to depend on or be caused by
another variable.; the outcome of interest.
●● Emergent Design
Answer: A design that unfolds in the course of a qualitative study as the
researcher makes ongoing design decisions reflecting what has already
been learned.
●● Ethnography
Answer: A branch of human inquiry, associated with anthropology, that
focuses on the culture of a group of people, with an effort to understand
the world view and customs of those under study.
●● Experimental Research
Answer: A technique in which the investigator actively manipulates the
environment to observe its effect on behavior.
●● Gaining Entree
Answer: The process of gaining access to study participants through the
cooperation of key actors in the selected community or site.
ACTUAL TEST BANK UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED RESPONSES
●● Clinical Trial
Answer: A study designed to assess the safety, efficacy, and
effectiveness of a new clinical intervention, sometimes involving several
phases, one of which (Phase III) is a randomized controlled trial (RCT)
using an experimental design.
●● Concept
Answer: Ah abstraction based on observation of behaviors or
characteristics (e.g. fatigue, pain).
●● Conceptual Definition
Answer: The abstract or theoretical meaning of a concept under study.
●● Construct
Answer: An abstraction or concept that is deliberately invented
(constructed) by researchers for a scientific purpose (e.g., health locus of
control).
●● Data
, Answer: The pieces of information obtained in a study.
●● Dependent Variable
Answer: The variable hypothesized to depend on or be caused by
another variable.; the outcome of interest.
●● Emergent Design
Answer: A design that unfolds in the course of a qualitative study as the
researcher makes ongoing design decisions reflecting what has already
been learned.
●● Ethnography
Answer: A branch of human inquiry, associated with anthropology, that
focuses on the culture of a group of people, with an effort to understand
the world view and customs of those under study.
●● Experimental Research
Answer: A technique in which the investigator actively manipulates the
environment to observe its effect on behavior.
●● Gaining Entree
Answer: The process of gaining access to study participants through the
cooperation of key actors in the selected community or site.
