NURS 4325 :NURSING RESEARCH KNOWLEDGE CHECK
2025/2025 GRADED A+
1. Common practice for in-text citations for a single author using APA style includes:
(author last name, year of publication)
(author last name, first initial, year of publication)
(author last name, first name, page number)
Answer: (author last name, year of publication).
2. In APA format, which one of these statements is NOT true about the references
page:
The title of the references page is Bibliography, and should be centered at the top if the
page and not in bold font.
References should be placed in alphabetical order by author last name.
A digital object identifier (DOI) or website for the journal article referenced should be
placed at the end of every journal article reference if available.
The name of the journal should be italicized and major words should be capitalized.
Answer: The title of the references page is Bibliography, and should be centered at
the top of the page and not in bold font.
3. A conceptual definition of a variable is:
A link between the variable and the framework.
Also considered to be the intervention.
Influencing the selection of the sample.
The systematic investigation of relationship.
Answer: A link between the variable and the framework.
4. A nurse planning a research project wants to know more about their sample. Which
of the following is the most important reason for collecting demographic variables?
To assure equal representation of all affected groups.
To be able to accurately describe the groups in the report.
To ensure that the statistical and analysis proceeds correctly.
, To assure that there is no discrimination in recruitment.
Answer: To be able to accurately describe the groups in the report.
A nurse hypothesizes that the presence of social support from family affects the pain
perception of hospitalized patients. What is the dependent variable in this
hypothesis?
Social support
Hospitalized patients
Pain perception
Family members
Answer: Pain perception
Subjects who volunteered to receive an experimental treatment for pancreatic
cancer are educated about essential study information, assessed for understanding
of this information, and asked to willingly participate in the research study. This
process is known as:
Informed consent
Coercion
Institutional review
Deception
Answer: Informed Consent
A questionnaire has an ID number in one corner that allows the research team to
identify the subject. This is an example of:
Anonymity.
Confidentiality.
Deception.
2025/2025 GRADED A+
1. Common practice for in-text citations for a single author using APA style includes:
(author last name, year of publication)
(author last name, first initial, year of publication)
(author last name, first name, page number)
Answer: (author last name, year of publication).
2. In APA format, which one of these statements is NOT true about the references
page:
The title of the references page is Bibliography, and should be centered at the top if the
page and not in bold font.
References should be placed in alphabetical order by author last name.
A digital object identifier (DOI) or website for the journal article referenced should be
placed at the end of every journal article reference if available.
The name of the journal should be italicized and major words should be capitalized.
Answer: The title of the references page is Bibliography, and should be centered at
the top of the page and not in bold font.
3. A conceptual definition of a variable is:
A link between the variable and the framework.
Also considered to be the intervention.
Influencing the selection of the sample.
The systematic investigation of relationship.
Answer: A link between the variable and the framework.
4. A nurse planning a research project wants to know more about their sample. Which
of the following is the most important reason for collecting demographic variables?
To assure equal representation of all affected groups.
To be able to accurately describe the groups in the report.
To ensure that the statistical and analysis proceeds correctly.
, To assure that there is no discrimination in recruitment.
Answer: To be able to accurately describe the groups in the report.
A nurse hypothesizes that the presence of social support from family affects the pain
perception of hospitalized patients. What is the dependent variable in this
hypothesis?
Social support
Hospitalized patients
Pain perception
Family members
Answer: Pain perception
Subjects who volunteered to receive an experimental treatment for pancreatic
cancer are educated about essential study information, assessed for understanding
of this information, and asked to willingly participate in the research study. This
process is known as:
Informed consent
Coercion
Institutional review
Deception
Answer: Informed Consent
A questionnaire has an ID number in one corner that allows the research team to
identify the subject. This is an example of:
Anonymity.
Confidentiality.
Deception.
