NURS 5366 PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH IN NURSING
MODULE 1 QUIZ QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS (UTA)
Empirical Data - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Documented evidence
(data) gathered through direct observation rather than a
research's subjective belief.
Nursing research - ...ANSWER...✓✓ A systematic process
of investigating problems to gain knowledge about
improving care that nurses provide.
Nursing science - ...ANSWER...✓✓ The body of knowledge
that is unique to the discipline of nursing.
Objectivity - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Ability to distance the
research as much as possible from the scientist's
personal beliefs, values, and attitudes
Qualitative research - ...ANSWER...✓✓ An approach for
generating knowledge using methods of inquiry that
emphasize subjectivity and the meaning of an experience
for the individual.
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Quantitative research - ...ANSWER...✓✓ An approach for
generating knowledge based on determining how much of
a given behavior, characteristic, or phenomenon is
present.
Replication - ...ANSWER...✓✓ The ability of researchers
to repeat a study using the same variables and methods
or slight variations of them.
Research consumer - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Readers of
nursing research whose objective is to apply findings to
nursing practice or to use the findings to conduct further
research.
Research team - ...ANSWER...✓✓ A group that
collaborates to conduct a research project from
determining the initial research question through
communicating the results.
Research rigor - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Striving for excellence
in research, which involves discipline, scrupulous
adherence to detail, and strict accuracy.