NURS 328 UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔In evaluating the risk/benefit ratio of a study what should be considered?
1- The benefits of participation against the costs to individual participants.
2- The risks to participants against the potential benefits to society.
3- Both 1 and 2.
4- The risks to society against the benefits to those who voluntarily participate. - ✔✔1-
The benefits of participation against the costs to individual participants.
2- The risks to participants against the potential benefits to society.
3- Both 1 and 2.
✔✔A research problem is a situation involving an enigmatic or disturbing situation
amenable to disciplined inquiry.
True or False - ✔✔True
✔✔A statement of specific query that the investigator seeks to answer is called a -
✔✔RESEARCH Question.
✔✔Research questions that focus on experience, essence, process or nature of a
phenomenon would likely be the addressed in a _______ study. - ✔✔Qualitative
✔✔A ______ hypothesis states that there is no expected relationship between the
independent and the dependent variables. - ✔✔Null
✔✔Two names for a type of hypothesis that states a prediction between two or more
independent and two or more dependent variables is called a _________ or a
________ hypothesis. - ✔✔Multivariate or Complex
✔✔An abstract generalization that explains how phenomena are interrelated. -
✔✔Theory
✔✔Abstractions assembled because they relate to a common theme. - ✔✔Conceptual
Model
✔✔Link concepts in a logically derived deductive system. - ✔✔Theory
✔✔A broad explanation of the system of interest. - ✔✔Conceptual Model
✔✔Provides a mechanism for logically arriving at a new statement from original
propositions. - ✔✔Theory
, ✔✔Research that is very pragmatic may not need a theoretical or conceptual foundation
to enhance its usefulness.
TRUE or FALSE - ✔✔True
✔✔Operational definitions should correspond to conceptual definitions.
TRUE or FALSE - ✔✔True
✔✔Schematic models attempt to represent reality with a minimal use of:
A numbers
B thoughts
C ideas
D words - ✔✔D - Words
✔✔Deductions from theories are referred to as:
A hypotheses
B concepts
C models
D frameworks - ✔✔A -Hypothesis
✔✔The four central concepts of conceptual models in nursing include all of the following
except:
A person
B nursing
C environment
D salary - ✔✔D -salary
✔✔___________ is the basic intellectual process used in theory development.
A deduction
B prediction
C comparison
D induction - ✔✔D - Induction
✔✔A type of theory developed by qualitative researchers that is a conceptualization of a
phenomenon rooted in the researcher's observations is called a:
A grounded theory
B borrowed theory
C developed theory
D observed theory - ✔✔A - Grounded Theory
✔✔A(n) ___________ design does not include mechanisms to compensate for the
absence of either randomization or control group. - ✔✔Pre-experimental
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔In evaluating the risk/benefit ratio of a study what should be considered?
1- The benefits of participation against the costs to individual participants.
2- The risks to participants against the potential benefits to society.
3- Both 1 and 2.
4- The risks to society against the benefits to those who voluntarily participate. - ✔✔1-
The benefits of participation against the costs to individual participants.
2- The risks to participants against the potential benefits to society.
3- Both 1 and 2.
✔✔A research problem is a situation involving an enigmatic or disturbing situation
amenable to disciplined inquiry.
True or False - ✔✔True
✔✔A statement of specific query that the investigator seeks to answer is called a -
✔✔RESEARCH Question.
✔✔Research questions that focus on experience, essence, process or nature of a
phenomenon would likely be the addressed in a _______ study. - ✔✔Qualitative
✔✔A ______ hypothesis states that there is no expected relationship between the
independent and the dependent variables. - ✔✔Null
✔✔Two names for a type of hypothesis that states a prediction between two or more
independent and two or more dependent variables is called a _________ or a
________ hypothesis. - ✔✔Multivariate or Complex
✔✔An abstract generalization that explains how phenomena are interrelated. -
✔✔Theory
✔✔Abstractions assembled because they relate to a common theme. - ✔✔Conceptual
Model
✔✔Link concepts in a logically derived deductive system. - ✔✔Theory
✔✔A broad explanation of the system of interest. - ✔✔Conceptual Model
✔✔Provides a mechanism for logically arriving at a new statement from original
propositions. - ✔✔Theory
, ✔✔Research that is very pragmatic may not need a theoretical or conceptual foundation
to enhance its usefulness.
TRUE or FALSE - ✔✔True
✔✔Operational definitions should correspond to conceptual definitions.
TRUE or FALSE - ✔✔True
✔✔Schematic models attempt to represent reality with a minimal use of:
A numbers
B thoughts
C ideas
D words - ✔✔D - Words
✔✔Deductions from theories are referred to as:
A hypotheses
B concepts
C models
D frameworks - ✔✔A -Hypothesis
✔✔The four central concepts of conceptual models in nursing include all of the following
except:
A person
B nursing
C environment
D salary - ✔✔D -salary
✔✔___________ is the basic intellectual process used in theory development.
A deduction
B prediction
C comparison
D induction - ✔✔D - Induction
✔✔A type of theory developed by qualitative researchers that is a conceptualization of a
phenomenon rooted in the researcher's observations is called a:
A grounded theory
B borrowed theory
C developed theory
D observed theory - ✔✔A - Grounded Theory
✔✔A(n) ___________ design does not include mechanisms to compensate for the
absence of either randomization or control group. - ✔✔Pre-experimental
