NURS 3515 UPDATED EXAM PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What do conceptual frameworks represent? - ✔✔Desired characteristics / properties
to study
✔✔What do conceptual frameworks list? - ✔✔Key ideas, components, relationships
✔✔How are conceptual frameworks developed? - ✔✔Individually developed by
researchers
✔✔T/F: Theoretical frameworks already exist. - ✔✔T
✔✔What is the purpose of conceptual frameworks? - ✔✔Moves concepts from
ABSTRACT frame of reference to more CONCRETE
✔✔In a quantitative (deductive) study, where would the conceptual framework be
presented in the research paper? - ✔✔Introduction
✔✔In a qualitative (inductive) study, where would the conceptual framework be
presented in the research paper? - ✔✔Discussion
✔✔Rank the following from most abstract to most concrete:
Conceptual Framework
Hypothesis
Experiemental Theories
Theory - ✔✔1. Conceptual Framework
2. Theory
3. Hypothesis
4. Experimental Theories
, ✔✔Critiquing signifies the importance to understand the author's meaning of (_): -
✔✔Concepts/Frameworks
✔✔A Model demonstrates relationships between: - ✔✔Concepts
✔✔"It is important to understand the meaning that the researcher ascribes to concepts,
as meanings of concepts can vary from person to person" - ✔✔Study Concepts
✔✔Empirical knowledge is also known as: - ✔✔Scientific Knowledge
✔✔Keywords to look for in Quantitative Studies: - ✔✔Control, Prediction, Explanation
✔✔External Validity generalizes: - ✔✔Data
✔✔Data collection in qualitative studies are most commonly collected from: -
✔✔Interviews
✔✔Keywords in Post-positivism: - ✔✔Subject to human bias
Observations cannot be relied on
Human, Measure, Bias, Observation
✔✔Critical Reading involves clarifying familiar or unfamiliar concepts? - ✔✔Unfamiliar
Concepts
✔✔Instruments imply what type of data? - ✔✔Numerical data used in quantative
research
✔✔Qualitative data usually take the form of what type of text? - ✔✔Narrative
✔✔Rank the stages of understanding in order:
Analysis
Comprehensive
Synthesis
Preliminary - ✔✔1. Preliminary
2. Analysis
3. Comprehensive
4. Synthesis
✔✔Analytical Understanding allows main themes to be stated in (_) words. - ✔✔Own
✔✔Are discussions of study improvements appropriate to be included in the abstract? -
✔✔No
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What do conceptual frameworks represent? - ✔✔Desired characteristics / properties
to study
✔✔What do conceptual frameworks list? - ✔✔Key ideas, components, relationships
✔✔How are conceptual frameworks developed? - ✔✔Individually developed by
researchers
✔✔T/F: Theoretical frameworks already exist. - ✔✔T
✔✔What is the purpose of conceptual frameworks? - ✔✔Moves concepts from
ABSTRACT frame of reference to more CONCRETE
✔✔In a quantitative (deductive) study, where would the conceptual framework be
presented in the research paper? - ✔✔Introduction
✔✔In a qualitative (inductive) study, where would the conceptual framework be
presented in the research paper? - ✔✔Discussion
✔✔Rank the following from most abstract to most concrete:
Conceptual Framework
Hypothesis
Experiemental Theories
Theory - ✔✔1. Conceptual Framework
2. Theory
3. Hypothesis
4. Experimental Theories
, ✔✔Critiquing signifies the importance to understand the author's meaning of (_): -
✔✔Concepts/Frameworks
✔✔A Model demonstrates relationships between: - ✔✔Concepts
✔✔"It is important to understand the meaning that the researcher ascribes to concepts,
as meanings of concepts can vary from person to person" - ✔✔Study Concepts
✔✔Empirical knowledge is also known as: - ✔✔Scientific Knowledge
✔✔Keywords to look for in Quantitative Studies: - ✔✔Control, Prediction, Explanation
✔✔External Validity generalizes: - ✔✔Data
✔✔Data collection in qualitative studies are most commonly collected from: -
✔✔Interviews
✔✔Keywords in Post-positivism: - ✔✔Subject to human bias
Observations cannot be relied on
Human, Measure, Bias, Observation
✔✔Critical Reading involves clarifying familiar or unfamiliar concepts? - ✔✔Unfamiliar
Concepts
✔✔Instruments imply what type of data? - ✔✔Numerical data used in quantative
research
✔✔Qualitative data usually take the form of what type of text? - ✔✔Narrative
✔✔Rank the stages of understanding in order:
Analysis
Comprehensive
Synthesis
Preliminary - ✔✔1. Preliminary
2. Analysis
3. Comprehensive
4. Synthesis
✔✔Analytical Understanding allows main themes to be stated in (_) words. - ✔✔Own
✔✔Are discussions of study improvements appropriate to be included in the abstract? -
✔✔No
