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Question 1 of 71

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What are some sources of research problems?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Nursing practice

  • Researcher and peer interaction

  • Literature review

  • Theory

  • Research priorities

  • Research ideas

Explanation

Question 2 of 71

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The initial and one of the most significant steps in conducting the research process is?

Select one of the following:

  • Defining the research variables

  • Determining the feasibility of the study

  • Identifying the research problem

  • Stating the research purpose

Explanation

Question 3 of 71

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The feasibility of conducting a study is determined by examining which of the following ?

Select one of the following:

  • Availability of subjects

  • Previous studies

  • Researchers credibility

  • Significance of research problem

Explanation

Question 4 of 71

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What is a nondirectional hypothesis?

Select one of the following:

  • Relationship that exist between variable, but hypothesis predicts nature of relationship

  • Relationship exists between variables, but hypothesis does not predict nature of relationship

  • Different variable displayed

  • Relationships do not exist

Explanation

Question 5 of 71

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What is directional hypothesis?

Select one of the following:

  • Nature (positive or negative) of interaction between two or more variables is stated

  • No nature of interaction with variable

  • Interaction between three or more variables

  • Absent variables

Explanation

Question 6 of 71

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Null hypothesis is:

Select one of the following:

  • Two or more variables

  • States difference between variables or relationships

  • States there is no difference or relationship between variables

  • States numbers and variables

Explanation

Question 7 of 71

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Null hypothesis is also called statistical hypothesis

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 71

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What is a research hypothesis?

Select one of the following:

  • States what researcher thinks is false

  • States what writer thinks

  • States what researcher thinks is true

  • Researchers knowledge

Explanation

Question 9 of 71

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A research hypothesis is a relationship between two or more variables

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 10 of 71

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Rates of use of healthcare facilities by ethnic minorities are higher in facilities with bilingual health care staff

Select one of the following:

  • Directional hypothesis

  • Simple hypothesis

  • Correlations hypothesis

  • Null hypothesis

Explanation

Question 11 of 71

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There is a positive relationship between nurse attitudes towards AIDS patients and number of AIDS patients for whom they have cared.

Select one of the following:

  • Simple hypothesis

  • Correctional hypothesis

  • Directional hypothesis

  • Null hypothesis

Explanation

Question 12 of 71

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There is a relationship between social distance in families and burden of caregiving for chronically ill adults

Select one of the following:

  • Correctional hypothesis

  • Simple hypothesis

  • Null hypothesis

  • Directional hypothesis

Explanation

Question 13 of 71

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There is no difference between attitudes of men and women toward caring for people with AIDS

Select one of the following:

  • Correctional hypothesis

  • Null hypothesis

  • Simple hypothesis

  • Directional hypothesis

Explanation

Question 14 of 71

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What are variables?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Qualities, properties, or characteristics of people, things, or situations that are manipulated or measured in research

  • Variables are weighed and tested

  • Variables are measured with instruments and/or intensity scales

  • Variables are multiples

Explanation

Question 15 of 71

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What are types of variables?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Independent variables

  • Dependent variables

  • Research variables or concepts

  • Extraneous variable

  • Demographic variables

  • Multiple variables

Explanation

Question 16 of 71

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Independent variable is also called treatment or experimental variable

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 71

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Do independent variables change?

Select one of the following:

  • Yes

  • No

Explanation

Question 18 of 71

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Do independent variables cause the dependent variables to change?

Select one of the following:

  • No

  • Yes

Explanation

Question 19 of 71

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The research purpose should identify the study variables and what other key aspect of the study

Select one of the following:

  • Design

  • Measurement tools

  • Population

  • Statistics

Explanation

Question 20 of 71

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The dependent variable is the outcome or response the researcher does not want to predict

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 21 of 71

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What are extraneous variables?

Select one of the following:

  • They can interfere with obtaining clear understanding of relational or casual dynamics in the study

  • They have blurry understanding of casual dynamics

  • A recognized variables

  • No variable

Explanation

Question 22 of 71

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An environmental variable is an uncontrolled variable relating to the setting

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 23 of 71

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If the variable is not recognized until the study is in process or cannot be controlled

Select one of the following:

  • Measured variable

  • Confounding variable

  • Demographic variables

Explanation

Question 24 of 71

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Examples of demographic variables

Select one or more of the following:

  • Contain sample characteristics of subjects

  • May include age, education, gender, ethnic origin, income, medical diagnosis, graphic location

  • Develop large characteristics

  • Demographic data are analyzed to develop sample characteristics

Explanation

Question 25 of 71

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What are operational definitions?

Select one of the following:

  • Translating upward to more concrete level

  • Translating backwards to more concrete level

  • Translating downward to more concrete level

  • Scrolling to more concrete level

Explanation

Question 26 of 71

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Moves from concept to variable to measures

Select one of the following:

  • Operational definition

  • Demographic variables

  • Extraneous variables

  • Confounding variable

Explanation

Question 27 of 71

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Abstract meaning of a variable that usually is based on theory

Select one of the following:

  • Operational definition

  • Conceptual definition

  • Demographic variable

Explanation

Question 28 of 71

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Way of defining a variable that makes it measurable or manipulable in the real world

Select one of the following:

  • Operational definition

  • Conceptual definition

  • Sample variable

Explanation

Question 29 of 71

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A researcher wanted to locate a conceptual framework to guide a particular research study would most likely to find one in which of the following sources?

Select one of the following:

  • A descriptive study

  • A dissertation

  • Empirical literature

  • Theoretical literature

Explanation

Question 30 of 71

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2 types of sources

Select one or more of the following:

  • Primary

  • Written

  • Secondary

  • Theory

Explanation

Question 31 of 71

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What is the primary purpose for reviewing relevant literature?

Select one of the following:

  • Delineate the existing knowledge base of an identified problem

  • Develop conceptual and operational definitions of variables

  • Interpret previous research findings

  • Select the research design

Explanation

Question 32 of 71

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Which of the following indexes would provide thee largest number of relevant nursing sources?

Select one of the following:

  • Medline

  • International nursing index

  • Cumulative index to nursing and allied health literature

  • Nursing studies index

Explanation

Question 33 of 71

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A variable is smaller or more concise than a concept

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 34 of 71

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What is theory?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Ideas and knowledge of science

  • Rational statements that presents a view

  • Helps answers question “ was my theory correct” ?

  • Based on math.

  • It does not answer a question

Explanation

Question 35 of 71

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A framework is smaller than a theory

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 36 of 71

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Abstracts are bigger than a theory

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 37 of 71

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A brief explanation of a theory or portions of a theory to be tested in a study

Select one of the following:

  • Theory

  • Sample

  • Framework

  • Focus

Explanation

Question 38 of 71

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A theory is abstract rather than concrete

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 39 of 71

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More comprehensive than a dictionary definition

Select one of the following:

  • Conceptual

  • Map

  • Middle range theory

Explanation

Question 40 of 71

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What does a study framework reflect?

Select one of the following:

  • Blueprint for the study

  • Data analysis

  • Researchers “theory” or idea about the study

  • Specific plan for data collection

Explanation

Question 41 of 71

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Theories are constructed by people and are tentative in nature

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 42 of 71

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Abstractly describe and name an object, idea, or phenomenon, this providing it with a separate identity or meaning

Select one of the following:

  • Conceptual definition

  • Concepts

  • Relational statement

  • Map or model

Explanation

Question 43 of 71

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More comprehensive than a dictionary definition; includes associated meanings a word may have

Select one of the following:

  • Concepts

  • Relational statement

  • Conceptual definition

  • Map or model

Explanation

Question 44 of 71

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Clarifies the type of relationship that exists between or among concepts

Select one of the following:

  • Concepts

  • Relational statement

  • Map

  • Model

Explanation

Question 45 of 71

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Graphically shows the interrelationships of the concepts and relational statements

Select one of the following:

  • Map or model

  • Relational statement

  • Concepts

  • Conceptual definition

Explanation

Question 46 of 71

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What are middle range theories?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Less abstract and narrower in scope than conceptual models

  • More broader and wider in scope

  • Emerge from review of studies to build evidence based practice related to a clinical problem

  • It is just a theory

Explanation

Question 47 of 71

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Which is true about theoretical frameworks used in research?

Select one of the following:

  • Theories are congruent with reality

  • Theories represent ultimate truth

  • Theories are constructed by people and are tentative in nature

  • Precise guidance in situations

Explanation

Question 48 of 71

1

“ Do this so you can get a better outcome”

Select one of the following:

  • Prescriptive theory

  • Concepts

  • Framework

  • Abstracts

Explanation

Question 49 of 71

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Practice theory is not a prescriptive theory

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 50 of 71

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What are frameworks

Select one or more of the following:

  • Frameworks explain the theory

  • Frameworks give relationships of variables

  • Results in hypothesis which is testable

Explanation

Question 51 of 71

1

Middle-range theories are developed in some qualitative studies as outcome of study

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 52 of 71

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Transcultural nursing theory

Select one of the following:

  • Leiningers

  • Peplau

Explanation

Question 53 of 71

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Interpersonal relations

Select one of the following:

  • Peplau

  • Leininger

Explanation

Question 54 of 71

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What defines the selected group of people or elements from which data are collected for a study

Select one of the following:

  • Map

  • Sample

  • Population

  • Framework

Explanation

Question 55 of 71

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Sampling plan defines the selection process

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 56 of 71

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Members of a sample are called subjects or participants

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 57 of 71

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An entire set of individuals or elements who meet the sampling criteria

Select one of the following:

  • Target population

  • Accessible population

  • Elements

Explanation

Question 58 of 71

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The portion of the target population to which the researcher has reasonable access

Select one of the following:

  • Target population

  • Accessible population

  • Elements

Explanation

Question 59 of 71

1

Individual units of a population and sample

Select one of the following:

  • Target population

  • Accessible population

  • Elements

Explanation

Question 60 of 71

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Sampling in research may be defined as

Select one of the following:

  • Insurance that each person has a chance of being included in the study

  • Establishment of criteria for eligibility to participate in a study

  • Identification of the population in which the researcher is interested

  • Selection of a subset of a population to represent the whole population

Explanation

Question 61 of 71

1

As similar as possible so as to control for extraneous variables

Select one of the following:

  • Homogeneous sample

  • Heterogeneous sample

Explanation

Question 62 of 71

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Represents a broad range of values

Select one of the following:

  • Homogeneous sample

  • Heterogeneous sample

Explanation

Question 63 of 71

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Expected difference in values that occur when different subjects from same sample are examined

Select one of the following:

  • Random variations

  • Systematic variation

Explanation

Question 64 of 71

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Consequences of selecting subjects whose measurement values differ in some way from this rose of the population

Select one of the following:

  • Random variation

  • Systematic variation

Explanation

Question 65 of 71

1

Percentage of subject who declined to participate in study

Select one of the following:

  • Refusal rate

  • Acceptance rate

Explanation

Question 66 of 71

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Percentage of subjects who consented to be in the study

Select one of the following:

  • Refusal rate

  • Acceptance rate

Explanation

Question 67 of 71

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RCT means randomized controlled trials

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 68 of 71

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The population from which the researcher selects the actual study sample

Select one of the following:

  • Accessible population

  • Scientific population

  • Target population

  • Theoretical population

Explanation

Question 69 of 71

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What is purpose sampling?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Also called judgmental or selective sampling

  • Include typical and atypical subjects

  • Based on researchers judgment

  • Is in quantitiveresearch

Explanation

Question 70 of 71

1

What is network sampling?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Also called snowball sampling

  • Take advantage of social networks to get the sample

  • One person in the sample asks another to join the sample

  • Takes disadvantage of social networking

Explanation

Question 71 of 71

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What is theoretical sampling?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Used in grounded theory research

  • Data are gathered from any individual or group that can provide relevant data for theory generation

  • The sample is saturated when the data collection is completed based on the researchers expectations

  • Diversity in the sample is encouraged

Explanation

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