NUR 302 - Chapter 1, Research Ch. 1, Research - Chapter 1
Questions with Verified Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: Which of the following groups would be best served by the development of a scientific
base for nursing practice?
A. Nursing administrators
B. Practicing nurses
C. Nurses' clients
D. Health care policymakers
Answer: C. Nurses' clients
Question 2: An especially important goal for the nursing profession is to do which of the following?
A. Conduct research to better understand the context of nursing practice
B. Establish a solid base of evidence for practice through disciplined research
C. Document the role nursing serves in society
D. Establish research priorities
Answer: B. Establish a solid base of evidence for practice through disciplined research
Question 3: Which of the following is a fundamental belief of those who hold to the constructivist
paradigm?
A. A fixed reality exists in nature for humans to understand
B. The nature of reality has changed over time
C. Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans
D. Reality cannot be studied empirically
Answer: C. Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans
Question 4: Which of the following is a fundamental belief of those who hold to the positivist
paradigm?
A. The researcher is objective and independent of those being studied
B. The researcher cannot interact with those being studied
C. The researcher instructs those being studied to be objective in providing information
D. The distance between the researcher and those being researched is minimized to enhance the
interactive process
Answer: A. The researcher is objective and independent of those being studied
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,Question 5: Which of the following attributes is least characteristic of the traditional scientific
method?
A. Control over external factors
B. Systematic measurement and observation of natural phenomena
C. Testing of hunches deduced from theory or prior research
D. Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich context
Answer: D. Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich context
Question 6: Empiricism refers to which of the following?
A. Making generalizations from specific observations
B. Articulating a study purpose in terms of an appropriate classification system
C. Gathering evidence about realworld phenomena through the senses
D. Verifying the assumptions on which the study was based
Answer: C. Gathering evidence about realworld phenomena through the senses
Question 7: Which of the following is a hallmark of the scientific method?
A. Rigorous
B. Holistic
C. Systematic
D. Flexible
Answer: D. Flexible
Question 8: Which of the following limits the capacity of the scientific method to answer questions
about humans?
A. The necessity of departing from traditional beliefs
B. The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits
C. The lack of funding for research
D. The shortage of theories about human behavior
Answer: B. The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits
Question 9: The classic scientific method has its intellectual roots in which of the following?
A. Positivism
B. Determinism
C. Constructivism
D. Empiricism
Answer: A. Positivism
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, Question 10: Constructivist qualitative research typically does which of the following?
A. Involves deductive processes
B. Attempts to control the research context to better understand the phenomenon being studied
C. Involves gathering narrative, subjective materials
D. Focuses on numeric information
Answer: C. Involves gathering narrative, subjective materials
Question 11: Quantitative and qualitative research share which of the following features? Select all
that apply.
A. A desire to understand the true state of human affairs
B. An emphasis on formal measurement
C. A reliance on external evidence collected through the senses
D. Utility to the nursing profession
Answer: A, C, D
Question 12: Which of the following is a descriptive question that a qualitative researcher most likely
would ask?
A. What is the nature of this phenomenon?
B. What is the average intensity of this phenomenon?
C. How frequently does this phenomenon occur?
D. What is the average duration of this phenomenon?
Answer: A. What is the nature of this phenomenon?
Question 13: A researcher wants to investigate the effect of patients' body position on blood
pressure. The study would most likely be of which type?
A. Qualitative
B. Quantitative
C. Either quantitative or qualitative (researcher preference)
D. Insufficient information to determine
Answer: B. Quantitative
Question 14: A researcher wants to explore the process by which men make decisions about
treatment for prostate cancer. The researcher's paradigm is most likely which of the following?
A. Positivism
B. Determinism
C. Empiricism
D. Constructivism
Answer: D. Constructivism
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Questions with Verified Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: Which of the following groups would be best served by the development of a scientific
base for nursing practice?
A. Nursing administrators
B. Practicing nurses
C. Nurses' clients
D. Health care policymakers
Answer: C. Nurses' clients
Question 2: An especially important goal for the nursing profession is to do which of the following?
A. Conduct research to better understand the context of nursing practice
B. Establish a solid base of evidence for practice through disciplined research
C. Document the role nursing serves in society
D. Establish research priorities
Answer: B. Establish a solid base of evidence for practice through disciplined research
Question 3: Which of the following is a fundamental belief of those who hold to the constructivist
paradigm?
A. A fixed reality exists in nature for humans to understand
B. The nature of reality has changed over time
C. Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans
D. Reality cannot be studied empirically
Answer: C. Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans
Question 4: Which of the following is a fundamental belief of those who hold to the positivist
paradigm?
A. The researcher is objective and independent of those being studied
B. The researcher cannot interact with those being studied
C. The researcher instructs those being studied to be objective in providing information
D. The distance between the researcher and those being researched is minimized to enhance the
interactive process
Answer: A. The researcher is objective and independent of those being studied
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,Question 5: Which of the following attributes is least characteristic of the traditional scientific
method?
A. Control over external factors
B. Systematic measurement and observation of natural phenomena
C. Testing of hunches deduced from theory or prior research
D. Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich context
Answer: D. Emphasis on a holistic view of a phenomenon, studied in a rich context
Question 6: Empiricism refers to which of the following?
A. Making generalizations from specific observations
B. Articulating a study purpose in terms of an appropriate classification system
C. Gathering evidence about realworld phenomena through the senses
D. Verifying the assumptions on which the study was based
Answer: C. Gathering evidence about realworld phenomena through the senses
Question 7: Which of the following is a hallmark of the scientific method?
A. Rigorous
B. Holistic
C. Systematic
D. Flexible
Answer: D. Flexible
Question 8: Which of the following limits the capacity of the scientific method to answer questions
about humans?
A. The necessity of departing from traditional beliefs
B. The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits
C. The lack of funding for research
D. The shortage of theories about human behavior
Answer: B. The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits
Question 9: The classic scientific method has its intellectual roots in which of the following?
A. Positivism
B. Determinism
C. Constructivism
D. Empiricism
Answer: A. Positivism
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, Question 10: Constructivist qualitative research typically does which of the following?
A. Involves deductive processes
B. Attempts to control the research context to better understand the phenomenon being studied
C. Involves gathering narrative, subjective materials
D. Focuses on numeric information
Answer: C. Involves gathering narrative, subjective materials
Question 11: Quantitative and qualitative research share which of the following features? Select all
that apply.
A. A desire to understand the true state of human affairs
B. An emphasis on formal measurement
C. A reliance on external evidence collected through the senses
D. Utility to the nursing profession
Answer: A, C, D
Question 12: Which of the following is a descriptive question that a qualitative researcher most likely
would ask?
A. What is the nature of this phenomenon?
B. What is the average intensity of this phenomenon?
C. How frequently does this phenomenon occur?
D. What is the average duration of this phenomenon?
Answer: A. What is the nature of this phenomenon?
Question 13: A researcher wants to investigate the effect of patients' body position on blood
pressure. The study would most likely be of which type?
A. Qualitative
B. Quantitative
C. Either quantitative or qualitative (researcher preference)
D. Insufficient information to determine
Answer: B. Quantitative
Question 14: A researcher wants to explore the process by which men make decisions about
treatment for prostate cancer. The researcher's paradigm is most likely which of the following?
A. Positivism
B. Determinism
C. Empiricism
D. Constructivism
Answer: D. Constructivism
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