Nursing Research EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A +
Accessible population – Answer One that meets population criteria and is available.
Bracketing – Answer Process by which researcher identifies personal biases about phenomenon of
interest to clarify how personal experience and beliefs may colour what is heard and reported. Puts
beliefs aside.
Clinical question – Answer Inquiry that is the basis of evidence-informed practice.
Concept – Answer Image/symbolic representation of an abstract idea
Conceptual definition - AnswerDictionary definition
Constructionism – Answer Suggests way we "see" or understand world is larger dependent on our
perception. Used with phenomenology, ethnography, narrative inquiry, and grounded theory.
Consumer – Answer A person whose activity uses and applies research
Context – Answer Personal, social, and political environment in which a phenomenon of interest occurs
Control variable – Answer Variable that's held constant in order to assess/clarify relationship between
two other variables
, Convenience sampling – Answer Use of most readily accessible persons/objects as participants. Greater
risk of bias coz voluntary participation
Critical reading – Answer Active, intellectually engaging process in which the reader participates in an
inner dialogue with the writer
Critical social theory – Answer Suggests reality is constructed by people with most power at a particular
point in history. Used with participation action research.
Critical thinking – Answer Rational examination of ideas, inferences, assumptions, principles, arguments,
conclusions, issues, statements, beliefs and actions.
Data saturation – Answer Point when info. collected by researcher becomes repetitive; ideas conveyed
by participants have been shared previously by other participants. No new ideas.
Deliminations – Answer Characteristics that restrict population to a homogenous group of participants
Demographic variable – Answer Includes characteristics of participants such as age, gender, education,
race, ethnic origin, income, medical diagnosis, geographic location.
Dependent variable (DV) – Answer Response, behaviour, or outcome which researcher wants to predict
or explain based on its relationship, influence or effect of the IV. Effect/outcome.
Eligibility criteria – Answer Characteristics of a population that meet requirements for inclusion in a
study
Evidence-based practice – Answer Conscious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in the
care of patients and delivery of health care services.
AND ANSWERS GRADED A +
Accessible population – Answer One that meets population criteria and is available.
Bracketing – Answer Process by which researcher identifies personal biases about phenomenon of
interest to clarify how personal experience and beliefs may colour what is heard and reported. Puts
beliefs aside.
Clinical question – Answer Inquiry that is the basis of evidence-informed practice.
Concept – Answer Image/symbolic representation of an abstract idea
Conceptual definition - AnswerDictionary definition
Constructionism – Answer Suggests way we "see" or understand world is larger dependent on our
perception. Used with phenomenology, ethnography, narrative inquiry, and grounded theory.
Consumer – Answer A person whose activity uses and applies research
Context – Answer Personal, social, and political environment in which a phenomenon of interest occurs
Control variable – Answer Variable that's held constant in order to assess/clarify relationship between
two other variables
, Convenience sampling – Answer Use of most readily accessible persons/objects as participants. Greater
risk of bias coz voluntary participation
Critical reading – Answer Active, intellectually engaging process in which the reader participates in an
inner dialogue with the writer
Critical social theory – Answer Suggests reality is constructed by people with most power at a particular
point in history. Used with participation action research.
Critical thinking – Answer Rational examination of ideas, inferences, assumptions, principles, arguments,
conclusions, issues, statements, beliefs and actions.
Data saturation – Answer Point when info. collected by researcher becomes repetitive; ideas conveyed
by participants have been shared previously by other participants. No new ideas.
Deliminations – Answer Characteristics that restrict population to a homogenous group of participants
Demographic variable – Answer Includes characteristics of participants such as age, gender, education,
race, ethnic origin, income, medical diagnosis, geographic location.
Dependent variable (DV) – Answer Response, behaviour, or outcome which researcher wants to predict
or explain based on its relationship, influence or effect of the IV. Effect/outcome.
Eligibility criteria – Answer Characteristics of a population that meet requirements for inclusion in a
study
Evidence-based practice – Answer Conscious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in the
care of patients and delivery of health care services.
