Chapter 3
1. Which of the following terms would likely be used only by qualitative researchers, as
opposed to quantitative researchers, to refer to people who participate in a study?
A) Informants
B) Study participants
C) Subjects
D) Investigators
2. Which of the following terms is used by both qualitative and quantitative researchers to
refer to the abstractions under study?
A) Concept
m
B) Theory
C) Phenomenon
co
D) Variable
.
ep
3. Which of the following would be most likely called a construct?
A) Gender
pr
B) Body temperature
C) Self-care
D) Blood type st
te
ng
4. "Male" is which of the following?
A) Not a variable
B) An independent variable
si
C) A dependent variable
ur
D) An outcome variable
yn
5. The dependent (outcome) variable in the research question, "Is the quality of life of
.m
nursing home residents affected by their functional ability or hearing acuity?” is which
of the following?
w
A) Quality of life
B) Functional ability
w
C) Hearing acuity
w
D) Residence in a nursing home
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, 6. The independent variable in the research question, "What is the effect of noise levels on
postoperative pain and blood pressure fluctuations in ICU patients?" is which of the
following?
A) Blood pressure
B) ICU patients
C) Noise levels
D) Postoperative pain
7. In the question, "Do Baccalaureate degree–prepared nurses practice more rehabilitative
nursing procedures on a client in an ICU than associate degree–prepared nurses?" the
m
independent variable is which of the following?
A) Associate degree–prepared nurses
co
B) Baccalaureate degree–prepared nurses
C) Rehabilitative nursing measures
.
D) Type of educational background of nurse
ep
pr
8. The purpose of an operational definition in a quantitative study is to do which of the
following?
A) Assign numeric values to variables
B) Specify how a variable will be measured
st
te
C) State the expected relationship between the variables under investigation
ng
D) Designate the conceptual underpinnings of the variable
si
9. Which of the following is a datum from a quantitative study of the labor and delivery
ur
experiences of women over age 40?
A) Length of time in labor
yn
B) 107 oz
C) “I practically slept through the whole thing!”
.m
D) Vaginal versus cesarean delivery
w
10. Which of the following is a datum from a qualitative research study on the labor and
w
delivery experiences of women over age 40?
w
A) 14.6 hours in labor
B) 60-minute interviews one day after delivery
C) "It was a nightmare—much more painful than I ever imagined."
D) 15 women with a vaginal delivery
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1. Which of the following terms would likely be used only by qualitative researchers, as
opposed to quantitative researchers, to refer to people who participate in a study?
A) Informants
B) Study participants
C) Subjects
D) Investigators
2. Which of the following terms is used by both qualitative and quantitative researchers to
refer to the abstractions under study?
A) Concept
m
B) Theory
C) Phenomenon
co
D) Variable
.
ep
3. Which of the following would be most likely called a construct?
A) Gender
pr
B) Body temperature
C) Self-care
D) Blood type st
te
ng
4. "Male" is which of the following?
A) Not a variable
B) An independent variable
si
C) A dependent variable
ur
D) An outcome variable
yn
5. The dependent (outcome) variable in the research question, "Is the quality of life of
.m
nursing home residents affected by their functional ability or hearing acuity?” is which
of the following?
w
A) Quality of life
B) Functional ability
w
C) Hearing acuity
w
D) Residence in a nursing home
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, 6. The independent variable in the research question, "What is the effect of noise levels on
postoperative pain and blood pressure fluctuations in ICU patients?" is which of the
following?
A) Blood pressure
B) ICU patients
C) Noise levels
D) Postoperative pain
7. In the question, "Do Baccalaureate degree–prepared nurses practice more rehabilitative
nursing procedures on a client in an ICU than associate degree–prepared nurses?" the
m
independent variable is which of the following?
A) Associate degree–prepared nurses
co
B) Baccalaureate degree–prepared nurses
C) Rehabilitative nursing measures
.
D) Type of educational background of nurse
ep
pr
8. The purpose of an operational definition in a quantitative study is to do which of the
following?
A) Assign numeric values to variables
B) Specify how a variable will be measured
st
te
C) State the expected relationship between the variables under investigation
ng
D) Designate the conceptual underpinnings of the variable
si
9. Which of the following is a datum from a quantitative study of the labor and delivery
ur
experiences of women over age 40?
A) Length of time in labor
yn
B) 107 oz
C) “I practically slept through the whole thing!”
.m
D) Vaginal versus cesarean delivery
w
10. Which of the following is a datum from a qualitative research study on the labor and
w
delivery experiences of women over age 40?
w
A) 14.6 hours in labor
B) 60-minute interviews one day after delivery
C) "It was a nightmare—much more painful than I ever imagined."
D) 15 women with a vaginal delivery
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