Nursing Research | Quantitative Research Statistics with correct answers 2025
Research Hypothesis - correct answerthe statement of the research question; based on theory;
results can support or reject; bridges the theory and real world
Research Design - correct answera blueprint of how the study will be conducted; how
researchers will go about answering the question
counterfactual - correct answerwhat would happen to people if they were exposed to a causal
influence and were simultaneously not exposed to it
Pretest-Posttest Design - correct answerinvolves observation of the outcome (mood) at two
points in time
Control Group - correct answera group of participants whose performance on an outcome
variable is used to evaluate the performance of the experimental group on the same outcome
Experimental Group - correct answerthe group getting the intervention
Randomization - correct answerevery participant has an equal chance of being included in any
group
baseline data - correct answercollecting pretest data
crossover design - correct answerinvolves exposing people to more than one treatment
Placebo or "attention control condition" - correct answerpseudointervention presumed to have
no therapeutic value
Quasi Experimental - correct answerinvolves an intervention, but lacks randomization
Research Hypothesis - correct answerthe statement of the research question; based on theory;
results can support or reject; bridges the theory and real world
Research Design - correct answera blueprint of how the study will be conducted; how
researchers will go about answering the question
counterfactual - correct answerwhat would happen to people if they were exposed to a causal
influence and were simultaneously not exposed to it
Pretest-Posttest Design - correct answerinvolves observation of the outcome (mood) at two
points in time
Control Group - correct answera group of participants whose performance on an outcome
variable is used to evaluate the performance of the experimental group on the same outcome
Experimental Group - correct answerthe group getting the intervention
Randomization - correct answerevery participant has an equal chance of being included in any
group
baseline data - correct answercollecting pretest data
crossover design - correct answerinvolves exposing people to more than one treatment
Placebo or "attention control condition" - correct answerpseudointervention presumed to have
no therapeutic value
Quasi Experimental - correct answerinvolves an intervention, but lacks randomization
