NURS 257 Exam 2 Questions 3 & 4 with Answers 2026 | Nursing Study Guide PDF

NURS,./257,./Exam,./2,./questions,./3&
4
1. The,./lived,./experience,./of,./caring,./for,./a,./dying,./spouse,./is,./an,./example,./of,./a,./part
,./of,./a,./research,./article,./called,./the,./ .:,./title
2. The, . / process, . / of, . / critically, . / reflecting, . / on, . / one's, . / self, . / in, . / a, . / process, . / called
that,. / many,./ qualitative,./ researchers,./ might,./ engage,./ in.:,. / reflexivity
3. If,./the,./results,./of,./a,./statistical,./test,./indicated,./a,./probability,./of,./.001,,./the,./resul
ts,./would,./be,./statistically,./ .:,./signifigant
4. The,./summary,./of,./the,./study,,./also,./known,./as,./a(n)
,,./appears,./at,./the,./beginning,./of,./the,./report.:,./abstract
5. is,./a,./strategy,./used,./by,./quantitative,./researchers,./to,./reduce,./biases,./an
d,./involves,./having,./aspects,./of,./the,./study,./established,./by,./chance,./rather,./than,./b
y,./personal,./choice.:,./randomness
6. is,./to,./qualitative,./research,./what,./generalizability,./is,./to,./quantitative,./re
-search.:,./transferability
7. Is,./a,./criterion,./for,./evaluating,./study,./evidence,./(usually,./quantitativ
e,./study),./that,./concerns,./the,./accuracy,./and,./consistency,./of,./information:,./reliability
8. Quantitative,./researchers,./strive,./for,./ findings,./that,./are,./ reliable,./and :,./valid
9. The,./accuracy,./and,./consistency,./of,./the,./obtained,./information:,./reliability
10. The,./soundness,./of,./the,./evidence—
whether,./findings,./are,./convincing,,./are,./well-
grounded,,./and,./support,./the,./desired,./inferences:,./validity
11. The,./overall,./integrity,./of,./the,./study,./evidence,,./a,./term,./used,./in,./qualitative,./r
e-search:,./trustworthiness
12. A,./key,./criterion,,./achieved,./to,./the,./extent,./that,./researchers,./can,./engender,./co
n-fidence,./in,./the,./truth,./of,./the,./data,./and,./their,./interpretations:,./credibility
13. The,./use,./of,./multiple,./sources,./or,./referents,./to,./draw,./conclusions,./about,./wh
at,./constitutes,./the,./truth.:,./triangulation
14. An, . / influence, . / producing, . / a, . / distortion, . / in, . / the, . / study, . / results:, . / bias
15. What, . / part, . / of, . / the, . / research, . / article, . / would, . / a, . / reader, . / of, . / a, . / research, . / articl
e, . / locate,./the,./description,./the,./research,./design,./for,./a,./study?
A) Abstract
B) Introduction
C) Method

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4
D) Results
C),./Discussion:,./C
16. In,./what,./part,./quantitative,./studies,./would,./the,./reader,./locate,./the,./findings,./from,./
statistical,./analysis?
A) Abstract
B) Introduction
C) Method
D) Results
E) Discussion:, . / D
17. In, . / what, . / part, . / of, . / a, . / research, . / article, . / would, . / the, . / reader, . / locate, . / the, . /
research,./questions,./or,./hypotheses?
A) Abstract
B) Introduction
C) Method
D) Results
E) Discussion:, . / B
18. In,./what,./part,./of,./a,./research,./article,./would,./the,./reader,./locate,./a,./brief,./summa
ry,./of,./the,./major,./features,./of,./the,./study?
A) Abstract
B) Introduction
C) Method
D) Results
E) Discussion:, . / A
19. In,./what,./part,./of,./a,./research,./article,./would,./the,./reader,./locate,./information,./on,./
how,./study,./participants,./were,./selected?
A) Abstract
B) Introduction
C) Method
D) Results
E) Discussion:, . / C
20. In, . / what, . / part, . / of, . / a, . / research, . / article, . / would, . / the, . / reader, . / locate, . / the, . / res
earchers,./interpretation,./of,./the,./study,./findings?