(2022 NEW VERSION) @ MENTOR200
Burns and Grove's The Practice of Nursing Research:
Appraisal, Synthesis, and Generation of Evidence 8th Edition
Test Bank
CHAPTER 20
COLLECTING AND MANAGING DATA
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Planning as a step in the quantitative research process ends when the data
collection hasbegun. Which is the true statement about planning in the
qualitative research process?
a. Since sample size is not usually decided upon ahead of time, there is no
practicalreward to planning the qualitative research study ahead of time.
b. There is no planning in the qualitative research process; it all emanates from
thedata collected.
c. Everything about a qualitative study is planned ahead of time, except for analysisof
the data.
d. The researcher may adapt strategies for data collection or analysis well into
thestudy.
ANS: D
A data collection plan details how the researcher will implement the study. The plan for
collecting data is specific to the study being conducted and requires that the researcher
considersome of the more common elements of research, mapping out procedures ahead of
time. This extensive planning increases the accuracy of the data collected and the validity of the
study findings. In qualitative methods, however, the researcher may adapt the data collection
or analysis strategies during the study.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: MCS: 517
, (2022 NEW VERSION) @ MENTOR200
2. What is the general rule about collecting demographic data during an interview?
a. The mood of the qualitative interview, so crucial to quality data capture, may
beintruded upon by demographic data collection.
b. In quantitative interviews, everything excerpted from medical records must
againbe verified in face interviews.
c. In qualitative interviews, routinely asking twenty or thirty demographic
questionssets the stage for actual data collection.
d. If data can be obtained in other ways, leave the valuable interview time for
actualinterviewing.
ANS: D
The researcher should consider the importance of each piece of datum and the subjects time
required to collect it. If the data can be obtained from patient records or any other written
sources, the researcher does not need to ask the subject to provide this information. To collect
data from a patients records, the researcher must make sure to include the intent to do so in
the consent form and ensure that the institutional review board has authorized the team to do
this. The qualitative researcher has the power to shape the interview agenda. Participants have
the power to choose the level of responses they will provide. The researcher might begin the
interview by asking a broad question such as Describe for me your experience with or Tell me
about. Ideally, the participant will respond as though she or he is telling a story. The researcher
responds nonverbally with a nod or eye contact to convey interest in what is being said, and
triesto avoid agreeing or disagreeing with what the participant is saying. The less the researcher
says,the better.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 517
3. A researcher is collecting data in a hospital during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The researcher has devised a data collection form that contains five columns for data
entry.During the first three data collection periods, the form works reasonably well, although
the researcher hasto turn the MCS: over and write on the back. During the fourth, however, the
CPR incident occurs in the emergency department and includes many procedures and
interventions, and the researcher ends up taking a blank piece of paper and recording data on
that. Later, it takes him 40minutes to unscramble and collate the data and record it properly.
What must be done now?
Burns and Grove's The Practice of Nursing Research:
Appraisal, Synthesis, and Generation of Evidence 8th Edition
Test Bank
CHAPTER 20
COLLECTING AND MANAGING DATA
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Planning as a step in the quantitative research process ends when the data
collection hasbegun. Which is the true statement about planning in the
qualitative research process?
a. Since sample size is not usually decided upon ahead of time, there is no
practicalreward to planning the qualitative research study ahead of time.
b. There is no planning in the qualitative research process; it all emanates from
thedata collected.
c. Everything about a qualitative study is planned ahead of time, except for analysisof
the data.
d. The researcher may adapt strategies for data collection or analysis well into
thestudy.
ANS: D
A data collection plan details how the researcher will implement the study. The plan for
collecting data is specific to the study being conducted and requires that the researcher
considersome of the more common elements of research, mapping out procedures ahead of
time. This extensive planning increases the accuracy of the data collected and the validity of the
study findings. In qualitative methods, however, the researcher may adapt the data collection
or analysis strategies during the study.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: MCS: 517
, (2022 NEW VERSION) @ MENTOR200
2. What is the general rule about collecting demographic data during an interview?
a. The mood of the qualitative interview, so crucial to quality data capture, may
beintruded upon by demographic data collection.
b. In quantitative interviews, everything excerpted from medical records must
againbe verified in face interviews.
c. In qualitative interviews, routinely asking twenty or thirty demographic
questionssets the stage for actual data collection.
d. If data can be obtained in other ways, leave the valuable interview time for
actualinterviewing.
ANS: D
The researcher should consider the importance of each piece of datum and the subjects time
required to collect it. If the data can be obtained from patient records or any other written
sources, the researcher does not need to ask the subject to provide this information. To collect
data from a patients records, the researcher must make sure to include the intent to do so in
the consent form and ensure that the institutional review board has authorized the team to do
this. The qualitative researcher has the power to shape the interview agenda. Participants have
the power to choose the level of responses they will provide. The researcher might begin the
interview by asking a broad question such as Describe for me your experience with or Tell me
about. Ideally, the participant will respond as though she or he is telling a story. The researcher
responds nonverbally with a nod or eye contact to convey interest in what is being said, and
triesto avoid agreeing or disagreeing with what the participant is saying. The less the researcher
says,the better.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: MCS: 517
3. A researcher is collecting data in a hospital during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The researcher has devised a data collection form that contains five columns for data
entry.During the first three data collection periods, the form works reasonably well, although
the researcher hasto turn the MCS: over and write on the back. During the fourth, however, the
CPR incident occurs in the emergency department and includes many procedures and
interventions, and the researcher ends up taking a blank piece of paper and recording data on
that. Later, it takes him 40minutes to unscramble and collate the data and record it properly.
What must be done now?
