NURS 443 Practice Exams - Research 1

NURS 443 Practice Exams - Research 1 Chapter 1 Multiple Choice 1. Sally knows that babies come from the stork because her mother tells her so. This method of acquiring knowledge is known as a. the scientific method. b. a logical syllogism. c. the method of authority. d. the method of tenacity. ANSWER: c (p. 4) 2. Paul thinks that day care is bad for children because he’s heard it over and over from various sources. This method of acquiring knowledge is known as a. the scientific method. b. a logical syllogism. c. the method of authority. d. the method of tenacity. ANSWER: d (pp. 3-4) 3. One problem with acquiring knowledge using the method of tenacity is that a. repeating a fact does not necessarily make it true. b. it relies on empirical investigations. c. it uses independent and dependent variables. d. it controls for extraneous variables. ANSWER: a (p. 4) 4. The degree to which a knowledge claim is accurate is referred to as a. reliability. b. validity. c. authority. d. tenacity. ANSWER: b (p. 3) 5. A scheme of formal logic or argument consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion is known as a(n) a. logical syllogism. b. extraneous variable. c. experiment. d. theory. ANSWER: a (p. 5) 6. Complete the following logical syllogism: Beautiful people are good. Claudia is a beautiful person. Therefore, a. Cla