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RAC1 Worksheet Quiz 2025 For the purposes of this quiz, the introduction is everything in the article before the section labeled as “The Study”. The section labeled as “The Study” is the methods section. 1. In which part of an article would you most likely find the research problem or the problem statement? A. Introduction B. Methods C. Results D. Discussion 2. In which part of an article would you most likely find the operational definitions of the variables? A. Introduction B. Methods C. Results D. Discussion 3. In which part of an article would you most likely find conceptual definitions? A. Introduction B. Methods C. Results D. Discussion 4. In which part of an article would you most likely find statistics that highlight the importance of the problem? A. Introduction B. Methods C. Results D. Discussion 5. In which part of an article would you most likely find the statistical findings of a study? A. Introduction B. Methods C. Results D. Discussion 6. In which part of an article would you most likely find a description of the sampling plan? A. Introduction B. Methods C. Results D. Discussion 7. In which part of an article would you most likely find the study’s design? A. Introduction B. Methods C. Results D. Discussion8. In which part of an article would you most likely find the theoretical framework? A. Introduction B. Methods C. Results D. Discussion 9. In which part of an article would you most likely find the strengths and weaknesses of a study? A. Introduction B. Methods C. Results D. Discussion 10. In which part of an article would you most likely find a comparison of the findings with findings of other studies? A. Introduction B. Methods C. Results D. Discussion 11. In which part of an article would you most likely find a description of the design? A. Introduction B. Methods C. Results D. Discussion 12. In which part of an article would you most likely find the data analysis plan? A. Introduction B. Methods C. Results D. Discussion 13. In which part of an article would you most likely find the seṄng? A. Introduction B. Methods C. Results D. Discussion 14. In which part of an article would you most likely find measurement methods? A. Introduction B. Methods C. Results D. Discussion 15. In which part of an article would you most likely find recommendations for practice and research? A. IntroductionB. Methods C. Results D. DiscussionRAC2 Worksheet 2025. 1. Chapter 1 of your textbook describes the purposes of nursing research. Read pages 18-20 of your text. In light of those pages, the purpose of this article can best be described as A. Description B. Explanation C. Control 2. Which of the following best describes the research problem? A. Current evidence indicates that parents of preterm infants are at high risk for developing depression. B. Little research has explored the role of institutional factors, such as parents’ perceptions of family centered care, in parents’ symptoms. C. This study focuses on the global challenge of reducing depressive symptoms among mothers and fathers of preterm infants. D. Mothers of preterm infants were at increased risk compared with mothers of full-term infants up to 3 months after birth. 3. Which of the following statements is true regarding this study’s purpose statement? A. The purpose statement mentions the sampling method. B. The purpose statement does not mention the goal of the study. C. The purpose statement does not mention the key variables of the study. D. The purpose statement mentions the key variables of the study. 4. Which of the following represents a conceptual definition for the term family-centred care? A. Family-centred care aims to include parents as partners in infant care during the infant's hositalization. B. Family-centred care is a method of care delivery that prioritizes maintaining and enhancing family relationships. C. To capture the parents’ overall impression of FCC at the end of the hospitalization, parents responded to a paper version of the 20-item Family-Centred Care Questionnaire. D. The Family-Centred Care Questionnaire assesses parents’ perceptions of the staffs’ ability to provide their child and family with family-centred care during their child's hospitalization. 5. Which of the following represents an operational definition for the variable depressive symptoms? A. The operational definition of depressive symptoms was score on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. B. The operational definition of depressive symtoms was the absence or presence of symptoms such as insomnia, mood, tearfulness and thoughts of self-harm. C. The operational definition of depressive symtoms was the mean score on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. D. The operational definition of depressive symtoms was a feeling of negativity characterized by emotional distress. 6. Which of the following best describes the population of the study reported in the article?A. Premature infants admitted between March 2018 and December 2019. B. Parents of premature infants in the NICU. C. Family members of infants admitted to the NICU between March 2018 and December 2019. D. Premature infants in the NICU. 7. The research problem of a study is a gap in knowledge that the study is intended to address. Is the research problem for this study clearly identified in the article? A. Yes B. No 8. Which of the following best describes the purpose of the study? A. To identify ways to decrease parental depressive symptoms. B. To explore relationships among the key variables. C. To increase family-centred care. D. To maintain and enhance family relationships. 9. The significance of a research problem and purpose highlights why the study is important. Which of these statements best highlights the significance of this study’s problem and purpose? A. Infants of mothers who were depressed at 4 months corrected infant age had lower cognitive functioning at 16 months. B. Compared with mothers of full-term infants, the mothers of preterm infants were 1.2–18.4 times more likely to experience postpartum depression. C. Both mothers’ and fathers’ depressive symptoms may have adverse effects on the parent–infant relationship or interaction. D. The hospitalization of a newborn in a critical care unit is typically unexpected, highly stressful and generally traumatic for parents. 10. The textbook speaks of research objectives, questions, and hypotheses. Which of these is present in this study? A. Research objective. B. Research question. C. Directional hypothesis. D. Nondirectional hypothesis. 11. The variable depressive symptoms in the regression model of the study is best described as a(n) A. Independent variable. B. Dependent variable. C. Research variable. D. Demographic variable. E. Extraneous variable. 12. Is the source cited as Castle et al., 2008 in the article a monograph? A. YesB. No 13. The source cited as Rados et al., 2020 in the literature review of the study is best described as ... A. Verified literature B. Unverified literature C. Empirical literature D. Theoretical literature 14. An explicit framework is one that is directly described in an article, but an implicit framework is one that is not explicitly described. For this article the theoretical framework for the study is best described as A. Implicit B. Explicit 15. Variables in a study are than their corresponding framework concepts. A. Less abstract B. More abstractRAC 3 QUIZ 2025 1. Which of the following best describes the design of the study? A. Descriptive B. Correlational C. Quasi-experimental D. Experimental 2. Which of the following best describes the time element of the study? A. The study is cross sectional. B. The study is longitudinal. C. The study is historical. D. The study is retrospective. 3. Which element of this study would be most likely to introduce bias? A. Attrition B. Retention C. Implementation of the intervention D. Sampling 4. What statement best describes this study with regard to causality? A. The results of this study can be expected to support causality. B. The results of this study cannot be used to support causality. 5. The article reports on previous work on reliability of the Digi=FCC by reporting a value for Cronbach’s alpha. This refers to … A. Test retest reliability B. Inter-rater reliability C. Stability reliability D. Internal consistency 6. Which of the following best describes the study’s sampling method? A. Probability sampling B. Nonprobability sampling C. Stratified sampling D. Snowball sampling 7. What are the strengths and weaknesses of that sampling method? A. It is a strong method B. It is a relatively weak method C. It’s strength or weakness cannot be determined D. none of the above8. Which statement best describes the study’s acceptance rate? A. High (over 60%) B. Medium (40-60%) C. Low (less than 40%) D. Cannot be determined 9. The setting for this study was A. Natural B. Highly controlled 10. One of the variables mentioned in the study is depressive symptoms. What is the level of measurement for depressive symptoms? A. Nominal B. Ordinal C. Interval D. Ratio 11. Is family-centred care measured directly or indirectly? A. Directly B. Indirectly C. Both D. Neither 12. Which of the following is statistically significant? A. The median admission rate of the neonatal units was 494 (range 128–1115) infants per year. B. Rescaled EPDS scores of single mothers were 0.52 (SE= 0.21) higher compared with those who were cohabiting or married. C. The mothers’ mean EPDS score was 9.19 (SD 5.0) at discharge and 6.66 (SD 4.73) when the infant was 4 months corrected age. D. The goal was to recruit 30 families per unit; the final number varied from 19 to 48. 13. Which of the following statistics is appropriate to use when comparing differences among three groups in a study where the data meets assumptions for using parametric statistics? A. Kruskal-Wallis B. T test C. Pearson’s r D. ANOVA 14. Which of the following would be appropriate for measuring relationships between two variables using parametric statistics? A. Pearson’s rB. T test C. Spearman’s rank order D. ANOVA 15. The article states that “The mothers’ mean EPDS score was 9.19 (SD 5.0) at discharge and 6.66 (SD 4.73) when the infant was 4 months corrected age.” This is an example of A. Descriptive statistics B. Inferential statistics C. Exploratory statistics D. Definitive statistics