MODULE 3 QUIZ_ 2202-NURS-5366-401-PRINC OF
RESEARCH IN NURSING (100% ANSWERED)
(GRADED A+)
When researchers answer a question through disciplined research —regardless of whether it is
qualitative or quantitative—— they are doing a what? - (ANSWER)Study / investigation
What type of people do studies with humans involve (2) - (ANSWER)Those who do the research
Those who provide the research
What are the people who are being studied called? - (ANSWER)Subject / study participants
Who conducts the research? - (ANSWER)Researcher / investigator
T/F studies are often undertaken by a research team rather than by a single researcher -
(ANSWER)True
What is the place where information is gathered ( ex: hospitals, homes, etc.)? - (ANSWER)The
study setting
What is the specific location for the research? - (ANSWER)Study site
Y/N: Do researchers use multitude studies? - (ANSWER)Yes
What does the use of multiple sites offer? - (ANSWER)Larger, more diverse sample of
participants
,What does a more diverse sample of participants offer? - (ANSWER)It enhances the
generalizability of findings
In quantitative studies, concepts are called what? - (ANSWER)Variables
What is the central building blocks of a quantitative study? - (ANSWER)Variables
What is a variable? - (ANSWER)Any quality of a person, group or situation that varies or takes
on different values
What are some variables? - (ANSWER)Weight, anxiety, fatigue
Most human characteristics are what? - (ANSWER)Variables
What do quantitative researchers seek to understand? - (ANSWER)How/why things vary
What do quantitative researchers seek to learn? - (ANSWER)How differences in one variable
relate to differences in another
T/F: Can researchers create variables? - (ANSWER)True
What is the variable in this study?
Test the effectiveness of patient controlled analgesia compared to intramuscular analgesia in
relieving pain after surgery - (ANSWER)Pain management
Explanation:
Different patients are given different analgesics
What is the variable in this study?
, "The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of nurses workload on hand hygiene
compliance" - (ANSWER)Workload and hand hygiene
Where are key concepts and variables often indicated? - (ANSWER)Study title
T/F: variables can only be independent or dependent - (ANSWER)False
Variables can be independent, dependent or confounding
The outcome that researchers want to understand, explain, or predict - (ANSWER)Dependent
variable
What is the letter O in PIO? - (ANSWER)Dependent variable
Variation in the ___________ variable is presumed to depend on variation in the ___________
variable - (ANSWER)Dependent, independent
The presumed cause and the dependent or outcome variable is the presumed effect -
(ANSWER)Independent variable
What is the letter I in PIO - (ANSWER)Independent variable
What is the independent variable in this statement
Researchers investigate the extent to which lung cancer depends on smoking -
(ANSWER)Smoking
What is the dependent variable in this statement
Researchers investigate the extent to which lung cancer depends on smoking - (ANSWER)Lung
cancer
T/F: Variables are not inherently dependent or independent - (ANSWER)True
RESEARCH IN NURSING (100% ANSWERED)
(GRADED A+)
When researchers answer a question through disciplined research —regardless of whether it is
qualitative or quantitative—— they are doing a what? - (ANSWER)Study / investigation
What type of people do studies with humans involve (2) - (ANSWER)Those who do the research
Those who provide the research
What are the people who are being studied called? - (ANSWER)Subject / study participants
Who conducts the research? - (ANSWER)Researcher / investigator
T/F studies are often undertaken by a research team rather than by a single researcher -
(ANSWER)True
What is the place where information is gathered ( ex: hospitals, homes, etc.)? - (ANSWER)The
study setting
What is the specific location for the research? - (ANSWER)Study site
Y/N: Do researchers use multitude studies? - (ANSWER)Yes
What does the use of multiple sites offer? - (ANSWER)Larger, more diverse sample of
participants
,What does a more diverse sample of participants offer? - (ANSWER)It enhances the
generalizability of findings
In quantitative studies, concepts are called what? - (ANSWER)Variables
What is the central building blocks of a quantitative study? - (ANSWER)Variables
What is a variable? - (ANSWER)Any quality of a person, group or situation that varies or takes
on different values
What are some variables? - (ANSWER)Weight, anxiety, fatigue
Most human characteristics are what? - (ANSWER)Variables
What do quantitative researchers seek to understand? - (ANSWER)How/why things vary
What do quantitative researchers seek to learn? - (ANSWER)How differences in one variable
relate to differences in another
T/F: Can researchers create variables? - (ANSWER)True
What is the variable in this study?
Test the effectiveness of patient controlled analgesia compared to intramuscular analgesia in
relieving pain after surgery - (ANSWER)Pain management
Explanation:
Different patients are given different analgesics
What is the variable in this study?
, "The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of nurses workload on hand hygiene
compliance" - (ANSWER)Workload and hand hygiene
Where are key concepts and variables often indicated? - (ANSWER)Study title
T/F: variables can only be independent or dependent - (ANSWER)False
Variables can be independent, dependent or confounding
The outcome that researchers want to understand, explain, or predict - (ANSWER)Dependent
variable
What is the letter O in PIO? - (ANSWER)Dependent variable
Variation in the ___________ variable is presumed to depend on variation in the ___________
variable - (ANSWER)Dependent, independent
The presumed cause and the dependent or outcome variable is the presumed effect -
(ANSWER)Independent variable
What is the letter I in PIO - (ANSWER)Independent variable
What is the independent variable in this statement
Researchers investigate the extent to which lung cancer depends on smoking -
(ANSWER)Smoking
What is the dependent variable in this statement
Researchers investigate the extent to which lung cancer depends on smoking - (ANSWER)Lung
cancer
T/F: Variables are not inherently dependent or independent - (ANSWER)True
