PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCH TEST 1
Which type of research involves three (3) independent variables and six (6) dependent
variables?
a. Experimental research
b. Descriptive research
c. Variable analysis
d. Sociogram
Which of the following validity's would be the most difficult to establish?
a. Construct
b. Predictive
c. Criterion
d. Concurrent
In an experiment, assertive training was studied regarding its ability to help children reduce test
anxiety. What was the dependent variable?
a. assertiveness
b. anxiety level
c. graduation
d. training effectiveness
In an experiment, assertive training was studied regarding its ability to help children reduce test
anxiety. What is the independent variable?
a. assertiveness
b. anxiety level
c. graduation
d. training effectiveness
A nurse who reads research articles and incorporates research findings into nursing practice
would demonstrate which of the following research roles?
A. Consumer
B. Primary investigator
, C. Collaborator
D. Producer
An example of inductive reasoning is:
A. reasoning from all chronically ill patients to a single chronically ill patient
B. reasoning from a single diabetic patient to all diabetic patients
C. using a standard nursing care plan to care for a specific patient
D. using a computerized nursing care plan to care for insulin-dependent diabetic patients.
Quantitative and qualitative research approaches are particularly useful in nursing because
they:
A. are easy to implement.
B. require few resources.
C. are both process oriented.
D. balance each other by generating different types of nursing knowledge.
Which of the following types of research involve at least some control by the researcher to
implement the study treatment?
A. Correlational
B. Descriptive
C. Quasi-experimental
D. Experimental
In which type of research is there high researcher control, random sampling, and laboratory
setting?
A. Descriptive
B. Correlational
C. Quasiexperimental
D. Experimental
What category of research is suggested by the following research question?
"Does telephone follow-up by nurses improve patients' compliance with their medication
regimens?"
A. Applied research
B. Basic research
C. descriptive research
Which type of research involves three (3) independent variables and six (6) dependent
variables?
a. Experimental research
b. Descriptive research
c. Variable analysis
d. Sociogram
Which of the following validity's would be the most difficult to establish?
a. Construct
b. Predictive
c. Criterion
d. Concurrent
In an experiment, assertive training was studied regarding its ability to help children reduce test
anxiety. What was the dependent variable?
a. assertiveness
b. anxiety level
c. graduation
d. training effectiveness
In an experiment, assertive training was studied regarding its ability to help children reduce test
anxiety. What is the independent variable?
a. assertiveness
b. anxiety level
c. graduation
d. training effectiveness
A nurse who reads research articles and incorporates research findings into nursing practice
would demonstrate which of the following research roles?
A. Consumer
B. Primary investigator
, C. Collaborator
D. Producer
An example of inductive reasoning is:
A. reasoning from all chronically ill patients to a single chronically ill patient
B. reasoning from a single diabetic patient to all diabetic patients
C. using a standard nursing care plan to care for a specific patient
D. using a computerized nursing care plan to care for insulin-dependent diabetic patients.
Quantitative and qualitative research approaches are particularly useful in nursing because
they:
A. are easy to implement.
B. require few resources.
C. are both process oriented.
D. balance each other by generating different types of nursing knowledge.
Which of the following types of research involve at least some control by the researcher to
implement the study treatment?
A. Correlational
B. Descriptive
C. Quasi-experimental
D. Experimental
In which type of research is there high researcher control, random sampling, and laboratory
setting?
A. Descriptive
B. Correlational
C. Quasiexperimental
D. Experimental
What category of research is suggested by the following research question?
"Does telephone follow-up by nurses improve patients' compliance with their medication
regimens?"
A. Applied research
B. Basic research
C. descriptive research
