Nursing Research - PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCH TEST 1

PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCH TEST 1 Which type of research involves three (3) independent variables and six (6) dependent variables? Which of the following validity's would be the most difficult to establish? In an experiment, assertive training was studied regarding its ability to help children reduce test anxiety. What was the dependent variable? In an experiment, assertive training was studied regarding its ability to help children reduce test anxiety. What is the independent variable? A nurse who reads research articles and incorporates research findings into nursing practice would demonstrate which of the following research roles? An example of inductive reasoning is: Quantitative and qualitative research approaches are particularly useful in nursing because they: Which of the following types of research involve at least some control by the researcher to implement the study treatment? In which type of research is there high researcher control, random sampling, and laboratory setting? What category of research is suggested by the following research question? "Does telephone follow-up by nurses improve patients' compliance with their medication regimens?" A researcher investigates the effect of frequency of position change on healing of decubitus ulcers. The study would be described as: Applied research seeks to solve a clinical problem in which setting? A researcher designs a study that uses a random sampling method to decrease the likelihood of bias in the study sample. This strategy was used to implement: Which of the following definitions best describes rigor in quantitative research? A researcher is interested in studying stress and coping in caregivers of elderly stroke victims. The researcher designs a study where data collection takes place in the caregiver's home. This would be an example of which type of research setting?