NURS 3092 - NURSING RESEARCH QUIZ 1 Questions and Answers 100% Correct
A researcher is investigating the effect of bed angle of hospitalized patients (15, 30, 45 degrees) on
patient's heart rate. This is an example of what type of study?
a) constructivist inquiry
b) quantitative
c) qualitative
d) type depends on researcher preference correct answer b) quantitative
Consumers of research take which action correct answer read research
Knowledge translation is a term most often associated with correct answer System-wide efforts to apply
new evidence in practice settings
Quantitative research attempts to identify a phenomenon. True or False correct answer False - it
attempts to identify truth and reality. "right or wrong"
Quantitative research is allied with the constructivist tradition. True or False correct answer False - it is
allied with the positivist tradition
Research findings increasingly must meet the test of being clinically significant and patients have taken
center stage in efforts to define clinical significance. True or False correct answer True
The strongest level of evidence is obtained from individual correlational studies. True or false correct
answer false
What are the two broad classes of quantitative research? correct answer Experimental and non-
experimental
What is a final step in both quantitative and qualitative research? correct answer Disseminating research
results
A researcher is investigating the effect of bed angle of hospitalized patients (15, 30, 45 degrees) on
patient's heart rate. This is an example of what type of study?
a) constructivist inquiry
b) quantitative
c) qualitative
d) type depends on researcher preference correct answer b) quantitative
Consumers of research take which action correct answer read research
Knowledge translation is a term most often associated with correct answer System-wide efforts to apply
new evidence in practice settings
Quantitative research attempts to identify a phenomenon. True or False correct answer False - it
attempts to identify truth and reality. "right or wrong"
Quantitative research is allied with the constructivist tradition. True or False correct answer False - it is
allied with the positivist tradition
Research findings increasingly must meet the test of being clinically significant and patients have taken
center stage in efforts to define clinical significance. True or False correct answer True
The strongest level of evidence is obtained from individual correlational studies. True or false correct
answer false
What are the two broad classes of quantitative research? correct answer Experimental and non-
experimental
What is a final step in both quantitative and qualitative research? correct answer Disseminating research
results
