what are paradigms? - correct answer✔ ✔ world views and values
among people
SATA: what are the purposes of quantitative research?
a) systematically describes a phenomenon
b) tests for the presence of a specific relationship
c) disproves relationships between variables
d) investigates cause & effect relationships
e) investigate effectiveness of nursing interventions
f) assess differences between groups
which of these purposes relate to these categories: description,
explanation, prediction, control - correct answer✔ ✔ a)
systematically describes a phenomenon DESCRIPTION
b) tests for the presence of a specific relationship EXPLANATION
d) investigates cause & effect relationships PREDICTION
e) investigate effectiveness of nursing interventions CONTROL
f) assess differences between groups EXPLANATION
,organize the six steps of the quantitative research process below:
a) review the literature to see what is known about the concepts of
interest
b) select a sample and measure the concepts of interest
c) identify a framework that best explains how the concepts relate to
eachother
d) decide on the most suitable and rigorous study design
e) analyze the data and report whether your hypotheses are likely to be
true or false
f) identify the research purpose and question - correct answer✔ ✔ f)
a)
c)
d)
b)
e)
what does inductive mean? - correct answer✔ ✔ specific to general
what does deductive mean? - correct answer✔ ✔ general to specific
, what is the purpose of frameworks in research? - correct answer✔ ✔
provides a logical structure that can guide the researcher & study
what is the independent variable (X)? - correct answer✔ ✔ the
variable that has the presumed effect (cause) on the dependent variable
(Y)
which variable can be manipulated? - correct answer✔ ✔
independent variable (X)
what is the dependent variable (Y)? - correct answer✔ ✔ the
presumed effect (outcome) that varies with a change in the independent
variable
T or F: the dependent variable may or may not be manipulated - correct
answer✔ ✔ FALSE
what is a concept? - correct answer✔ ✔ an image or symbolic
representation of an abstract idea
_______ are the major components of theory and convey the abstract
ideas within a theory - correct answer✔ ✔ concepts