NUSC 4P50 Applied Nursing Research -
Final Exam correctly answered to pass
What criteria do quantitative researchers use to assess the accuracy and consistency of
information obtained in a study?
A) Reliability
B) Trustworthiness
C) Dependability
D) Confirmability - correct answer ✔✔A
What refers to evidence of the researcher's objectivity?
A) Reliability
B) Trustworthiness
C) Dependability
D) Confirmability - correct answer ✔✔D
What can cause bias in a study?
A) Participants' truthful responses
B) Researcher subjectivity
C) Consistent methods of data collection
D) Adequate study design - correct answer ✔✔B
A researcher finds that a small number of subjects did not provide accurate information
because they had just completed a rigorous session with the physical therapist. What is this an
example of?
A) Sample bias
,B) Systematic bias
C) Random bias
D) Absolute bias - correct answer ✔✔C
The researcher wants to explore the extent to which quantitative findings can be applied to
other groups and settings. What is this called?
A) Reflexivity
B) Generalizability
C) Transferability
D) Thick description - correct answer ✔✔B
What id concealing info from participants, research agents such as data collectors, care
providers, or data analysts to enhance objectivity called?
A) Comparing
B) Relative timing
C) Masking
D) Transferring - correct answer ✔✔C
A researcher uses multiple sources or referents to draw conclusions about what constitutes the
truth. What is this called?
A) Triangulation
B) Dependability
C) Confirmability
D) Credibility - correct answer ✔✔A
A researcher designs a study to determine if a new teaching modality will benefit a particular
group of special education students design would the researcher be most likely to use?
,A) Comparison between two or more groups.
B)Comparison of one group's status at two or more points in time.
C) Comparison of one group's status under different circumstances.
D) Comparison based on relative rankings. - correct answer ✔✔C
What technique is the researcher using to control extraneous variable to the study purpose that
can be obscure understanding?
A) Confounding
B) Reflexivity
C) Generalizability
D) Transferability - correct answer ✔✔A
Researchers often incorporate comparisons into their designs to enhance interpretability. What
occurs when different groups of people are compared?
A) Between-subjects design
B) Within-subjects design
C) Mixed design
D) Cross-sectional design - correct answer ✔✔A
what type of research design involves collecting data at one point in time?
A) Between-subjects design
B) Within-subjects design
C) Longitudinal design
D) Cross-sectional design - correct answer ✔✔D
, A study addressing QOL of a group of patients who had undergone various treatments for
coronary artery disease was gathers 1 year and 8 years after their treatment. What type of
study is this called?
A) Panel
B) Follow-up
C) Trend
D) Cohort - correct answer ✔✔B
A research is conducting a small-scale trial run designed to test methods to be used in a larger,
more rigorous study. What type of study is this called?
A) Panel
B) Feasibility
C) Trend
D) Cohort - correct answer ✔✔B
What type of research design occurs when researchers start with a presumed cause and then go
forward in time to the presumed effect?
A) Cohort
B) Counter factual
C) Randomized controlled
D) Factorial - correct answer ✔✔A
What is the basic distinction in quantitative research?
A) Quantitative and qualitative research B) Empirical and non-empirical research
C) Experimental and non-experimental research
D) Population-based and sample-based research - correct answer ✔✔C
Final Exam correctly answered to pass
What criteria do quantitative researchers use to assess the accuracy and consistency of
information obtained in a study?
A) Reliability
B) Trustworthiness
C) Dependability
D) Confirmability - correct answer ✔✔A
What refers to evidence of the researcher's objectivity?
A) Reliability
B) Trustworthiness
C) Dependability
D) Confirmability - correct answer ✔✔D
What can cause bias in a study?
A) Participants' truthful responses
B) Researcher subjectivity
C) Consistent methods of data collection
D) Adequate study design - correct answer ✔✔B
A researcher finds that a small number of subjects did not provide accurate information
because they had just completed a rigorous session with the physical therapist. What is this an
example of?
A) Sample bias
,B) Systematic bias
C) Random bias
D) Absolute bias - correct answer ✔✔C
The researcher wants to explore the extent to which quantitative findings can be applied to
other groups and settings. What is this called?
A) Reflexivity
B) Generalizability
C) Transferability
D) Thick description - correct answer ✔✔B
What id concealing info from participants, research agents such as data collectors, care
providers, or data analysts to enhance objectivity called?
A) Comparing
B) Relative timing
C) Masking
D) Transferring - correct answer ✔✔C
A researcher uses multiple sources or referents to draw conclusions about what constitutes the
truth. What is this called?
A) Triangulation
B) Dependability
C) Confirmability
D) Credibility - correct answer ✔✔A
A researcher designs a study to determine if a new teaching modality will benefit a particular
group of special education students design would the researcher be most likely to use?
,A) Comparison between two or more groups.
B)Comparison of one group's status at two or more points in time.
C) Comparison of one group's status under different circumstances.
D) Comparison based on relative rankings. - correct answer ✔✔C
What technique is the researcher using to control extraneous variable to the study purpose that
can be obscure understanding?
A) Confounding
B) Reflexivity
C) Generalizability
D) Transferability - correct answer ✔✔A
Researchers often incorporate comparisons into their designs to enhance interpretability. What
occurs when different groups of people are compared?
A) Between-subjects design
B) Within-subjects design
C) Mixed design
D) Cross-sectional design - correct answer ✔✔A
what type of research design involves collecting data at one point in time?
A) Between-subjects design
B) Within-subjects design
C) Longitudinal design
D) Cross-sectional design - correct answer ✔✔D
, A study addressing QOL of a group of patients who had undergone various treatments for
coronary artery disease was gathers 1 year and 8 years after their treatment. What type of
study is this called?
A) Panel
B) Follow-up
C) Trend
D) Cohort - correct answer ✔✔B
A research is conducting a small-scale trial run designed to test methods to be used in a larger,
more rigorous study. What type of study is this called?
A) Panel
B) Feasibility
C) Trend
D) Cohort - correct answer ✔✔B
What type of research design occurs when researchers start with a presumed cause and then go
forward in time to the presumed effect?
A) Cohort
B) Counter factual
C) Randomized controlled
D) Factorial - correct answer ✔✔A
What is the basic distinction in quantitative research?
A) Quantitative and qualitative research B) Empirical and non-empirical research
C) Experimental and non-experimental research
D) Population-based and sample-based research - correct answer ✔✔C
