NUR 113 Final Exam - Questions with Verified Answers The researcher is in the conceptual phase of quantitative study. What activity would not be a
... [Show More] concern to the researcher to complete during the conceptual phase of a quantitative study? a. Formulating research questions b. Developing intervention protocols c. Doing a literature review d. Defining frameworks A researcher has expectations about the outcomes of a quantitative study. The researcher states these expectations in what form? a. Frameworks b. Hypothesis c. Research questions d. Conceptual definitions A researcher unconstructively studies Interactions amongst clients in a psychiatric hospital, which ethical principle may be violated? a. Right to self-determine b. Confidentiality c. Freedom from harm d. All of the above A nonexperimental research study has been up taken by nursing students. How would the student demonstrate this was nonexperimental methodology? a. Achieving data saturation b. By introducing an intervention c. Seeking a core category d. Not introducing treatments When experimenters consciously vary the independent variable and then observe its effects on the dependent variable, the term is best called: a. Factorial design b. Pretest- Post-test design c. Randomization d. Manipulation In quantitative studies, including nonexperimental studies, to eliminate ambiguity in testing hypotheses, one of the functions of a rigorous research design is to have control over which of the following? a. Dependent variables b. Extraneous variables c. Factorial variables d. Independent variables A 25-year-old college student signed up to be the subject in a research study. The researcher explains to the group of subjects they will be randomly assigned to one of the two study groups and that no one, not even the researcher, will know which subjects are in experimental group and which subjects are in the control group. What kind of study does this best describe? a. Double blind study b. Crossover study c. Pretest- post-test study d. Factorial study The nursing instructor tells the research class that probability sampling is the only reliable method of obtaining representativeness in a study. This was said because: a. It avoids the risks of convenience sampling b. It includes purposive sampling c. It includes systematic sampling d. It avoids the risk of conscious or unconscious biases Informed consent is not obtained when: a. The researcher collects information covertly b. The researcher pays the subjects a stipend c. The rick/benefit ratio is low d. The researcher's study is determined to be exempt from the Research Ethics Board (REB) Hermeneutics is closely aligned to the research tradition known as: a. Ethnography b. Phenomenology c. Ethology d. Symbolic interaction In qualitative research, the term emergent design means: a. The design emerges during the conduct of a literature review b. The design emerges while the research develops a conceptual framework c. The design emerges during the process of doing constant comparisons d. The design emerges while the researcher is in the field collecting data. A researcher who is an ethnographer strives to: a. Understand human culture b. Develop an ethic perspective c. Link the etic and emic perspectives into a unified whole d. Create an etic and emic perspectives of a culture A Nurse researcher is conducting a descriptive phenomenological study. The research will use four steps: bracketing, intuiting, analyzing, and describing. Bracketing can be described as: a. Identifying preconceived ideas and working then into the study b. Identifying and holding aside any preconceived ideas about the phenomenon under the study c. Compartmentalizing aspects of the phenomenon under study that you don't agree with d. Accepting or refuting preconceived ideas about the phenomenon under the study A researcher asks the question "What is the essence of men's experiences of chemotherapy treatment for prostate cancer?" Based on this research question, research tradition would you anticipate this study to be? a. Grounded theory b. Ethnography c. Phenomenology d. Ethology Engaging in a qualitative project usually requires gaining entree. To accomplish this means negotiating with one or more? a. Gatekeeper b. Researcher c. Informants d. Consultants A qualitative study has collected data until no new information is obtained. What point has this study reached? a. Saturation point b. Data saturation c. Redundancy point d. End Point Constant Comparison is utilized in which researcher approach? a. Grounded theory b. Ethnography c. Phenomenology d. Ethology Which of the following is an issue for a qualitative researcher doing advanced planning for a study? a. Developing a hypothesis b. Identifying statistical analysis tests to be used c. Determining the maximum amount of time available for fieldwork d. Selecting researcher instruments What is an example of descriptive question that a qualitative researcher might ask? a. What are the dimensions of this phenomenon? b. What is the average intensity of this phenomenon? c. How frequently does this phenomenon occur? d. What is the average duration of this phenomenon? Which way of knowing incorporates factual, descriptive, and theoretical explanation from nursing and related disciplines? a. ethical b. sociopolitical c. unknowing d. empirical This could be considered the area of "just knowing" something is going to help the patient that draws on the emotional value laden experiences of life a. aethetic b. personal c. ethical d. unknowing When a nurse admits lack of knowledge of client or understanding of client's subjective world, this reflects which way of knowing? a. intuition b. empirical [Show Less]