BSNC 5060 Midterm Review (modules 1-6)
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
Critical Appraisal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A systematic process for reviewing
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evidence
Data - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Information systematically collected in the course
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of a study
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Dissemination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The communication of research findings
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Evidence-Informed Practice - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Acknowledging and | | | | | |
considering the myriad factors beyond such evidence as local indigenous
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knowledge, cultural and religious norms, and clinical judgement
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Phenomena - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Occurrences, circumstances, or facts that
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are perceptible by the senses
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Evidence-Based - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The conscious, explicit, and judicious use
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of the current best evidence in the care of patients ad the delivery of health care
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services
Quality Improvement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A systematic process for improving
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patient care
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,Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A best guess or prediction about what a
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researcher expects tofind with regard to the relationship between two or more
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variables
Philosophical Beliefs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The system of motivating values,
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concepts, principles, and the nature of human knowledge of an individual group,
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or culture
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Paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A set of beliefs and practices, shared by
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communities of researchers, that guide the knowledge development process.
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Epistemology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The theory of knowledge; the branch of
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philosophy concerned with how people know what they know, or what is known
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to be the "truth"
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Methodology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Discipline-specific principles, rules, and
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procedures that guide the process through which knowledge is acquired.
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Aim of Inquiry - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The goals or specific objectives of the
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research, which vary with the paradigm
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Context - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The personal, social and political environment in
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which a phenomenon of interest (time, place, cultural beliefs, values, and
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practices) occurs |
Values - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Personal beliefs of the researcher
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, Positivism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A philosophical orientation that suggests that
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a material world exists; that is, things can be sensed (i.e., seen touched, heard
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tasted)
Post-positivism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The view that a "reality" exists that can
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be observed, measured, and understood; however, this view is tempered by the
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belief that science offers an imperfect understanding of the world.
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Constructivism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The basis for naturalistic (qualitative)
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research, which developed from writers such as Kant, who sought alternate ways
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of thinking about the world; a belief that reality is not fixed but rather is a
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construction of the people perceiving it. | | | | |
Critical Social Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The use of qualitative and
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quantitative research to highlight historical and current experiences of suffering,
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conflict, and collective struggles
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Qualitative Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The systematic, interactive, and
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subjective research method used to describe and give meaning to human
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experiences. Qualitative research is often conducted in natural settings and uses
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data that are words or text, as opposed to numerical data, to describe the
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experiences being studied | |
Quantitative Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The process of testing
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relationships, differences, and cause-and-effect interactions among and between
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variables. These processes are tested with hypotheses and research questions
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through the use of objective, precise, and highly controlled measurements
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Exam Questions With Correct Answers
Critical Appraisal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A systematic process for reviewing
| | | | | | | | |
evidence
Data - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Information systematically collected in the course
| | | | | | | | |
of a study
| |
Dissemination - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The communication of research findings
| | | | | | |
Evidence-Informed Practice - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Acknowledging and | | | | | |
considering the myriad factors beyond such evidence as local indigenous
| | | | | | | | | |
knowledge, cultural and religious norms, and clinical judgement
| | | | | | |
Phenomena - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Occurrences, circumstances, or facts that
| | | | | | | |
are perceptible by the senses
| | | |
Evidence-Based - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The conscious, explicit, and judicious use
| | | | | | | |
of the current best evidence in the care of patients ad the delivery of health care
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
services
Quality Improvement - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A systematic process for improving
| | | | | | | |
patient care
| |
,Hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A best guess or prediction about what a
| | | | | | | | | | |
researcher expects tofind with regard to the relationship between two or more
| | | | | | | | | | | |
variables
Philosophical Beliefs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The system of motivating values,
| | | | | | | | |
concepts, principles, and the nature of human knowledge of an individual group,
| | | | | | | | | | | |
or culture
|
Paradigm - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A set of beliefs and practices, shared by
| | | | | | | | | | |
communities of researchers, that guide the knowledge development process.
| | | | | | | |
Epistemology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The theory of knowledge; the branch of
| | | | | | | | | |
philosophy concerned with how people know what they know, or what is known
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
to be the "truth"
| | |
Methodology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Discipline-specific principles, rules, and
| | | | | | |
procedures that guide the process through which knowledge is acquired.
| | | | | | | | |
Aim of Inquiry - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The goals or specific objectives of the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
research, which vary with the paradigm
| | | | |
Context - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The personal, social and political environment in
| | | | | | | | |
which a phenomenon of interest (time, place, cultural beliefs, values, and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
practices) occurs |
Values - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Personal beliefs of the researcher
| | | | | | |
, Positivism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A philosophical orientation that suggests that
| | | | | | | | |
a material world exists; that is, things can be sensed (i.e., seen touched, heard
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
tasted)
Post-positivism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The view that a "reality" exists that can
| | | | | | | | | | |
be observed, measured, and understood; however, this view is tempered by the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
belief that science offers an imperfect understanding of the world.
| | | | | | | | |
Constructivism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The basis for naturalistic (qualitative)
| | | | | | | |
research, which developed from writers such as Kant, who sought alternate ways
| | | | | | | | | | | |
of thinking about the world; a belief that reality is not fixed but rather is a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
construction of the people perceiving it. | | | | |
Critical Social Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The use of qualitative and
| | | | | | | | | |
quantitative research to highlight historical and current experiences of suffering,
| | | | | | | | | |
conflict, and collective struggles
| | |
Qualitative Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The systematic, interactive, and
| | | | | | | |
subjective research method used to describe and give meaning to human
| | | | | | | | | | |
experiences. Qualitative research is often conducted in natural settings and uses
| | | | | | | | | | |
data that are words or text, as opposed to numerical data, to describe the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
experiences being studied | |
Quantitative Research - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The process of testing
| | | | | | | |
relationships, differences, and cause-and-effect interactions among and between
| | | | | | | |
variables. These processes are tested with hypotheses and research questions
| | | | | | | | | |
through the use of objective, precise, and highly controlled measurements
| | | | | | | | |
