EBN CH 13 EXAM STUDY GUIDE
The use of both of qualitative and quantitative data in a study or cluster of studies serves
the important purpose of which of the following?
a)Providing researchers with different skills an opportunity to collaborate
b)Enhancing the study's validity
c)Allowing participants to select an unstructured or structured method of responding
d)Enhancing the likelihood that the study will be published - Answer B
2. The integration of qualitative and quantitative approaches in a single study
constitutes a form of which of the following?
A) Hypothesis testing
B) Theory generation
C) Triangulation
D) Methodologic research - Answer C
3. Which of the following is true about the notation QUAL -> quan?
A) The qualitative component is dominant
B) The quantitative component is dominant
C) The data would be collected in a single phase
D) The design is an embedded design - Answer A
4. Which of the following is true about the notation QUAL + QUAN?
A) The qualitative component is dominant
B) The quantitative component is dominant
C) The data would be collected in a single phase
D) The design is an embedded design - Answer C
5. The phase of a clinical trial that typically uses a full experimental design is which of
the following?
A) Phase I
B) Phase II
, C) Phase III
D) Phase IV - Answer C
6. An effectiveness study is associated with which phase of a clinical trial?
A) Phase I
B) Phase II
C) Phase III
D) Phase IV - Answer D
7. If a researcher wanted to assess how well an evidence-based protocol for
encouraging adolescent mothers to breastfeed was meeting its objectives, the research
would be which of the following?
A) Survey
B) Evaluation
C) Methodologic research
D) Secondary analysis - Answer B
8. A phase III clinical trial most closely resembles which of the following in terms of
objectives and design?
A) An impact analysis
B) An economic analysis
C) A process analysis
D) A secondary analysis - Answer A
9. What type of study would address the following question: What barriers did the
nursing staff face in implementing the fall prevention program?
A) Impact analysis
B) Outcomes study
C) Process analysis
D) Economic analysis - Answer C
10. An issue that is distinctive in nursing intervention research is which of the following?
A) The development of an intervention theory
B) The generation of data amenable for use in secondary analyses
The use of both of qualitative and quantitative data in a study or cluster of studies serves
the important purpose of which of the following?
a)Providing researchers with different skills an opportunity to collaborate
b)Enhancing the study's validity
c)Allowing participants to select an unstructured or structured method of responding
d)Enhancing the likelihood that the study will be published - Answer B
2. The integration of qualitative and quantitative approaches in a single study
constitutes a form of which of the following?
A) Hypothesis testing
B) Theory generation
C) Triangulation
D) Methodologic research - Answer C
3. Which of the following is true about the notation QUAL -> quan?
A) The qualitative component is dominant
B) The quantitative component is dominant
C) The data would be collected in a single phase
D) The design is an embedded design - Answer A
4. Which of the following is true about the notation QUAL + QUAN?
A) The qualitative component is dominant
B) The quantitative component is dominant
C) The data would be collected in a single phase
D) The design is an embedded design - Answer C
5. The phase of a clinical trial that typically uses a full experimental design is which of
the following?
A) Phase I
B) Phase II
, C) Phase III
D) Phase IV - Answer C
6. An effectiveness study is associated with which phase of a clinical trial?
A) Phase I
B) Phase II
C) Phase III
D) Phase IV - Answer D
7. If a researcher wanted to assess how well an evidence-based protocol for
encouraging adolescent mothers to breastfeed was meeting its objectives, the research
would be which of the following?
A) Survey
B) Evaluation
C) Methodologic research
D) Secondary analysis - Answer B
8. A phase III clinical trial most closely resembles which of the following in terms of
objectives and design?
A) An impact analysis
B) An economic analysis
C) A process analysis
D) A secondary analysis - Answer A
9. What type of study would address the following question: What barriers did the
nursing staff face in implementing the fall prevention program?
A) Impact analysis
B) Outcomes study
C) Process analysis
D) Economic analysis - Answer C
10. An issue that is distinctive in nursing intervention research is which of the following?
A) The development of an intervention theory
B) The generation of data amenable for use in secondary analyses
