NURS 6203 Research Midterm
research problem - correct answer An enigmatic, perplexing, or troubling condition
problem statement - correct answer A statement articulating the research problem and making
an argument to conduct a new study
statement of purpose - correct answer summary of an overall goal
research questions - correct answer The specific queries the researcher wants to answer in
addressing the research problem
Hypothesis - correct answer the researcher's predictions about relationships among variables
FALSE (the problem statement articulates the research problem and makes argument to
conduct a new study. The statement of purpose is a summary of an overall goal) - correct
answer The statement of purpose makes an argument to conduct a new study
Quantitative studies - correct answer usually involve concepts that are well developed and for
which methods of measurement have been (or can be) developed
Qualitative studies - correct answer are undertaken because a researcher wants to develop a
rich, context-bound understanding of a poorly understood phenomenon
Topic - correct answer a thing or idea an essay can be written about
Issue - correct answer a thing or idea that has sides that people can debate
Stages of the Scientific Method - correct answer question identified --> hypothesis formed -->
research plan --> data collected --> results analyzed --> conclusions
Components of a Problem Statement - correct answer - Identification of the problem
- Background
- Scope
- Consequences
- Knowledge gaps
- Proposed solution
Statement of purpose: Quantitative studies - correct answer -Identifies key study variables
-Identifies possible relationships among variables
-Indicates the population of interest
-Suggests, through use of verbs, the nature of the inquiry (e.g., to test..., to compare..., to
evaluate...)
Statement of Purpose: Qualitative Studies - correct answer -Identifies the central phenomenon
,NURS 6203 Research Midterm
-Suggests the research tradition (e.g., grounded theory, ethnography)
-Indicates the group, community, or setting of interest
-Suggests, through use of verbs, the nature of the inquiry (e.g., to describe..., to discover..., to
explore...)
research question - correct answer -foundation of the research process
-sometimes direct re-wordings of statements of purpose
-sometimes used to clarify of end specificity to the purpose statement
research question (QUANTITATIVE) - correct answer Pose queries about the relationships
among variables
research question (QUALITATIVE) - correct answer Pose queries linked to the research tradition:
- Grounded theory: process questions
- Phenomenology: meaning questions
- Ethnography: cultural description questions
Qualities of a good research question - correct answer -focused but not narrow
-clear
-scope is manageable in given time
-someone has a stake in the answer
-cannot be answered with yes/no
-requires analysis, not only opinion
research hypothesis - correct answer states an expectation, a predicted answer to the research
question
-should almost always involve two or more variables
-suggests the predicted relationship between the independent variable and the dependent
variable
components of research hypothesis - correct answer - must contain terms that indicate a
relationship
- almost exclusively in quantitative
- tested through statistical procedures
FALSE - correct answer A hypothesis most commonly involves one variable
, NURS 6203 Research Midterm
directional hypothesis - correct answer specifies the expected direction of the relationship
between variables
nondirectional hypothesis - correct answer Predicts the existence of a relationship, not its
direction
null hypothesis - correct answer Expresses the absence of a relationship (used only in statistical
testing)
TRUE - correct answer Hypotheses are never proved or disproved. Hypotheses are supported,
or rejected, by the study data and can can be probably correct or not
purposes of research literature review - correct answer integrate research evidence to sum up
what is known and not known
-communicate state of evidence to others
-foundation for new studies
-help researchers interpret findings
primary sources - correct answer the actual research reports written by researchers who
conducted the study
secondary sources - correct answer summaries of studies by others
ancestry approach - correct answer "footnote chasing"
use the bibliography of a recent relevant reference to find EARLIER related studies
descendancy approach - correct answer use a pivotal early study in citation indexes to find later
studies that cite the pivotal study
searching keywords for quantitative studies - correct answer typically the independent and
dependent variables, often the population
searching keywords for qualitative studies - correct answer central phenomenon of interest and
the population
truncation symbol (Wildcard characters) - correct answer (often an asterisk, *) expands a
search term to include all forms of a root (nurs* for nurses, nursing, nurse)
Boolean Operators - correct answer AND, OR, and NOT used in search strings to refine the
scope of the search
AND - 2 or more terms are present
research problem - correct answer An enigmatic, perplexing, or troubling condition
problem statement - correct answer A statement articulating the research problem and making
an argument to conduct a new study
statement of purpose - correct answer summary of an overall goal
research questions - correct answer The specific queries the researcher wants to answer in
addressing the research problem
Hypothesis - correct answer the researcher's predictions about relationships among variables
FALSE (the problem statement articulates the research problem and makes argument to
conduct a new study. The statement of purpose is a summary of an overall goal) - correct
answer The statement of purpose makes an argument to conduct a new study
Quantitative studies - correct answer usually involve concepts that are well developed and for
which methods of measurement have been (or can be) developed
Qualitative studies - correct answer are undertaken because a researcher wants to develop a
rich, context-bound understanding of a poorly understood phenomenon
Topic - correct answer a thing or idea an essay can be written about
Issue - correct answer a thing or idea that has sides that people can debate
Stages of the Scientific Method - correct answer question identified --> hypothesis formed -->
research plan --> data collected --> results analyzed --> conclusions
Components of a Problem Statement - correct answer - Identification of the problem
- Background
- Scope
- Consequences
- Knowledge gaps
- Proposed solution
Statement of purpose: Quantitative studies - correct answer -Identifies key study variables
-Identifies possible relationships among variables
-Indicates the population of interest
-Suggests, through use of verbs, the nature of the inquiry (e.g., to test..., to compare..., to
evaluate...)
Statement of Purpose: Qualitative Studies - correct answer -Identifies the central phenomenon
,NURS 6203 Research Midterm
-Suggests the research tradition (e.g., grounded theory, ethnography)
-Indicates the group, community, or setting of interest
-Suggests, through use of verbs, the nature of the inquiry (e.g., to describe..., to discover..., to
explore...)
research question - correct answer -foundation of the research process
-sometimes direct re-wordings of statements of purpose
-sometimes used to clarify of end specificity to the purpose statement
research question (QUANTITATIVE) - correct answer Pose queries about the relationships
among variables
research question (QUALITATIVE) - correct answer Pose queries linked to the research tradition:
- Grounded theory: process questions
- Phenomenology: meaning questions
- Ethnography: cultural description questions
Qualities of a good research question - correct answer -focused but not narrow
-clear
-scope is manageable in given time
-someone has a stake in the answer
-cannot be answered with yes/no
-requires analysis, not only opinion
research hypothesis - correct answer states an expectation, a predicted answer to the research
question
-should almost always involve two or more variables
-suggests the predicted relationship between the independent variable and the dependent
variable
components of research hypothesis - correct answer - must contain terms that indicate a
relationship
- almost exclusively in quantitative
- tested through statistical procedures
FALSE - correct answer A hypothesis most commonly involves one variable
, NURS 6203 Research Midterm
directional hypothesis - correct answer specifies the expected direction of the relationship
between variables
nondirectional hypothesis - correct answer Predicts the existence of a relationship, not its
direction
null hypothesis - correct answer Expresses the absence of a relationship (used only in statistical
testing)
TRUE - correct answer Hypotheses are never proved or disproved. Hypotheses are supported,
or rejected, by the study data and can can be probably correct or not
purposes of research literature review - correct answer integrate research evidence to sum up
what is known and not known
-communicate state of evidence to others
-foundation for new studies
-help researchers interpret findings
primary sources - correct answer the actual research reports written by researchers who
conducted the study
secondary sources - correct answer summaries of studies by others
ancestry approach - correct answer "footnote chasing"
use the bibliography of a recent relevant reference to find EARLIER related studies
descendancy approach - correct answer use a pivotal early study in citation indexes to find later
studies that cite the pivotal study
searching keywords for quantitative studies - correct answer typically the independent and
dependent variables, often the population
searching keywords for qualitative studies - correct answer central phenomenon of interest and
the population
truncation symbol (Wildcard characters) - correct answer (often an asterisk, *) expands a
search term to include all forms of a root (nurs* for nurses, nursing, nurse)
Boolean Operators - correct answer AND, OR, and NOT used in search strings to refine the
scope of the search
AND - 2 or more terms are present
