NURS 328 EVALUATION UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔quantitative and qualitative studies - ✔✔- are different
- the best method is one suited to answering the specific research question.
- one type of study is not better than the other.
✔✔Qualitative studies - ✔✔tend to involve exploration of concepts or phenomena
✔✔Quantitative studies - ✔✔tend to involve examination of dependent and independent
variables that are often expressed in a predictive relationship that is called a
hypotheses.
✔✔the data in qualitative studies - ✔✔often expressed as textual or narrative. the
results are sometimes expressed using themes
✔✔data in quantitative studies - ✔✔often numerical or statistical.
✔✔mixed methods research studies - ✔✔involves collecting and analyzing both
qualitative and quantitative data to answer the research questions
✔✔ANSWER: IV (Independent variable)
The question concerns the effect of the diagnosis (the influence or cause) on teenagers'
emotional well-being (the outcome or effect). - ✔✔What effect does a cancer diagnosis
have on a teenager's emotional well-being?
✔✔ANSWER: DV (Dependent variable)
The question concerns the effect of the relaxation intervention (the cause or influence)
on surgical patients' pain levels (the outcome or effect). - ✔✔2. Among patients
undergoing abdominal surgery, does a relaxation intervention reduce pain levels?
✔✔ANSWER: DV (Dependent variable)
The question concerns the effect of amounts of daily sleep (the cause or influence) on
medication errors (the outcome or effect). - ✔✔3. Among nurses on medical-surgical
units, are lower amounts of daily sleep associated with a higher incidence of medication
errors?
✔✔ANSWER: IV (Independent variable)
The question concerns the effect of children's anger (the cause or influence) on the
onset of an asthmatic attack (the outcome or effect). - ✔✔4. In school-age children with
asthma, is anger a trigger for an asthmatic attack?
✔✔ANSWER: DV (Dependent variable)
, The question concerns the effect of gender (the influence) on medication compliance
(the outcome or effect). - ✔✔5. Do male versus female schizophrenics differ with regard
to medication compliance?
✔✔ANSWER: C qual QUAN
Miller used a sequential design, in which the Phase 2 quantitative data for
psychometrically testing the new instrument had priority. - ✔✔1. Miller conducted in-
depth interviews with 15 people with chronic illness and used the data to develop and
test a scale to measure "inner strength.
✔✔ANSWER: A QUAN qual
Rosen used a sequential design, in which the Phase 2 qualitative data was used to help
interpret findings from the dominant quantitative strand. - ✔✔2. Rosen conducted an
RCT to test the effects of a health promotion intervention and then conducted in-depth
interviews with a subsample of 15 people whose behaviors had not improved
✔✔ANSWER: C qual QUAN
De Sio used a sequential design; Phase 1 qualitative data played a role in developing a
new intervention that was tested using quantitative methods. - ✔✔3. De Sio used
unstructured observation of autistic toddlers as a basis for the design and rigorous
testing of a parent communication intervention to improve social engagement in these
children.
✔✔ANSWER: B QUAL + QUAN
Wait used a concurrent design in which both qualitative and quantitative data were
collected in a single phase with equal priority. - ✔✔4. Wait administered three
psychological scales to patients with chronic migraine headaches immediately after
interviewing them in-depth about their migraine experiences.
✔✔ANSWER: A QUAN qual
Gallagher used a sequential design, first collecting quantitative survey data, followed by
in-depth qualitative interviews to better understand the meaning of the survey results. -
✔✔5. Gallagher did a survey of 500 nurses to assess their attitudes toward EBP and
then had in-depth follow-up interviews with 20 of them 3 months later to explore barriers
to EBP in their hospital settings.
✔✔Confidentiality - ✔✔- the researcher codes each subject before sending data to
others on the research team.
- the researcher assigns a pseudonym to the participants.
✔✔anonymity - ✔✔- The researcher does not know the name, age, or gender of the
subjects
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔quantitative and qualitative studies - ✔✔- are different
- the best method is one suited to answering the specific research question.
- one type of study is not better than the other.
✔✔Qualitative studies - ✔✔tend to involve exploration of concepts or phenomena
✔✔Quantitative studies - ✔✔tend to involve examination of dependent and independent
variables that are often expressed in a predictive relationship that is called a
hypotheses.
✔✔the data in qualitative studies - ✔✔often expressed as textual or narrative. the
results are sometimes expressed using themes
✔✔data in quantitative studies - ✔✔often numerical or statistical.
✔✔mixed methods research studies - ✔✔involves collecting and analyzing both
qualitative and quantitative data to answer the research questions
✔✔ANSWER: IV (Independent variable)
The question concerns the effect of the diagnosis (the influence or cause) on teenagers'
emotional well-being (the outcome or effect). - ✔✔What effect does a cancer diagnosis
have on a teenager's emotional well-being?
✔✔ANSWER: DV (Dependent variable)
The question concerns the effect of the relaxation intervention (the cause or influence)
on surgical patients' pain levels (the outcome or effect). - ✔✔2. Among patients
undergoing abdominal surgery, does a relaxation intervention reduce pain levels?
✔✔ANSWER: DV (Dependent variable)
The question concerns the effect of amounts of daily sleep (the cause or influence) on
medication errors (the outcome or effect). - ✔✔3. Among nurses on medical-surgical
units, are lower amounts of daily sleep associated with a higher incidence of medication
errors?
✔✔ANSWER: IV (Independent variable)
The question concerns the effect of children's anger (the cause or influence) on the
onset of an asthmatic attack (the outcome or effect). - ✔✔4. In school-age children with
asthma, is anger a trigger for an asthmatic attack?
✔✔ANSWER: DV (Dependent variable)
, The question concerns the effect of gender (the influence) on medication compliance
(the outcome or effect). - ✔✔5. Do male versus female schizophrenics differ with regard
to medication compliance?
✔✔ANSWER: C qual QUAN
Miller used a sequential design, in which the Phase 2 quantitative data for
psychometrically testing the new instrument had priority. - ✔✔1. Miller conducted in-
depth interviews with 15 people with chronic illness and used the data to develop and
test a scale to measure "inner strength.
✔✔ANSWER: A QUAN qual
Rosen used a sequential design, in which the Phase 2 qualitative data was used to help
interpret findings from the dominant quantitative strand. - ✔✔2. Rosen conducted an
RCT to test the effects of a health promotion intervention and then conducted in-depth
interviews with a subsample of 15 people whose behaviors had not improved
✔✔ANSWER: C qual QUAN
De Sio used a sequential design; Phase 1 qualitative data played a role in developing a
new intervention that was tested using quantitative methods. - ✔✔3. De Sio used
unstructured observation of autistic toddlers as a basis for the design and rigorous
testing of a parent communication intervention to improve social engagement in these
children.
✔✔ANSWER: B QUAL + QUAN
Wait used a concurrent design in which both qualitative and quantitative data were
collected in a single phase with equal priority. - ✔✔4. Wait administered three
psychological scales to patients with chronic migraine headaches immediately after
interviewing them in-depth about their migraine experiences.
✔✔ANSWER: A QUAN qual
Gallagher used a sequential design, first collecting quantitative survey data, followed by
in-depth qualitative interviews to better understand the meaning of the survey results. -
✔✔5. Gallagher did a survey of 500 nurses to assess their attitudes toward EBP and
then had in-depth follow-up interviews with 20 of them 3 months later to explore barriers
to EBP in their hospital settings.
✔✔Confidentiality - ✔✔- the researcher codes each subject before sending data to
others on the research team.
- the researcher assigns a pseudonym to the participants.
✔✔anonymity - ✔✔- The researcher does not know the name, age, or gender of the
subjects
