NUSC 4P50 Applied Nursing Research - Final Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed
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 - Answers A
What refers to evidence of the researcher's objectivity?
A) Reliability
B) Trustworthiness
C) Dependability
D) Confirmability - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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. - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers C
Which is widely used by quantitative nurse researchers?
A) Ask research questions
B) Phenomenological
C) Ethnographic
D) Grounded theory - Answers A
What is the purpose of an operational definition in a quantitative study?
A) State the theoretical meaning of the concept
B) Specify how a variable will be defined and measured.
C) State the expected relationship between the variable under investigation.
D) Designate the conceptual underpinnings of the variable. - Answers B
Which is a datum from a quantitative study of the labor and delivery experiences of women over age
40?
A) Length of time in labour
B) 107 ounces
C) Infant's Apgar score
D) Vaginal versus cesarean delivery - Answers B
Which pair of variables is there most likely to be a relationship that could be described as causal?
A) Degree of physical activity and heart rate
B) Stress and coping style
C) Age and health beliefs
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 - Answers A
What refers to evidence of the researcher's objectivity?
A) Reliability
B) Trustworthiness
C) Dependability
D) Confirmability - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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. - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers 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 - Answers C
Which is widely used by quantitative nurse researchers?
A) Ask research questions
B) Phenomenological
C) Ethnographic
D) Grounded theory - Answers A
What is the purpose of an operational definition in a quantitative study?
A) State the theoretical meaning of the concept
B) Specify how a variable will be defined and measured.
C) State the expected relationship between the variable under investigation.
D) Designate the conceptual underpinnings of the variable. - Answers B
Which is a datum from a quantitative study of the labor and delivery experiences of women over age
40?
A) Length of time in labour
B) 107 ounces
C) Infant's Apgar score
D) Vaginal versus cesarean delivery - Answers B
Which pair of variables is there most likely to be a relationship that could be described as causal?
A) Degree of physical activity and heart rate
B) Stress and coping style
C) Age and health beliefs
