Nursing Research Exam #1
1). Empirical data
Ans: Documented evidence (data) gathered through direct observation rather than a
research's subjective belief.
2). Nursing research
Ans: A systematic process of investigating problems to gain knowledge about
improving care that nurses provide.
3). Nursing science
Ans: The body of knowledge that is unique to the discipline of nursing.
4). Objectivity
Ans: Ability to distance the research as much as possible from the scientist's personal
beliefs, values, and attitudes
5). Qualitative research
Ans: An approach for generating knowledge using methods of inquiry that emphasize
subjectivity and the meaning of an experience for the individual.
6). Quantitative research
Ans: An approach for generating knowledge based on determining how much of a
given behavior, characteristic, or phenomenon is present.
7). Replication
Ans: The ability of researchers to repeat a study using the same variables and methods
or slight variations of them.
8). Research consumer
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, Ans: Readers of nursing research whose objective is to apply findings to nursing
practice or to use the findings to conduct further research.
9). Research team
Ans: A group that collaborates to conduct a research project from determining the
initial research question through communicating the results.
10). Research rigor
Ans: Striving for excellence in research, which involves discipline, scrupulous
adherence to detail, and strict accuracy.
11). Scientific inquiry
Ans: The process of analyzing data critically that have been gathered systemically
about a particular phenomenon.
12). Scientific method
Ans: A systematic research process that involves the following steps: selecting and
defining the problem, formulating research questions or hypotheses or both, collecting
data, analyzing data, and reporting results
13). Triangulation
Ans: Use of quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data about a particular
phenomenon.
14). Ways of knowing
Ans: An assortment of methods used to acquire new knowledge, including tradition,
authority, trial and error, and intuition.
15). Anonymity
Ans: A condition in which the identity of subjects remains unknown, even to the
researcher, to protect subjects participating in a study and to promote objective results.
16). Applied research
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1). Empirical data
Ans: Documented evidence (data) gathered through direct observation rather than a
research's subjective belief.
2). Nursing research
Ans: A systematic process of investigating problems to gain knowledge about
improving care that nurses provide.
3). Nursing science
Ans: The body of knowledge that is unique to the discipline of nursing.
4). Objectivity
Ans: Ability to distance the research as much as possible from the scientist's personal
beliefs, values, and attitudes
5). Qualitative research
Ans: An approach for generating knowledge using methods of inquiry that emphasize
subjectivity and the meaning of an experience for the individual.
6). Quantitative research
Ans: An approach for generating knowledge based on determining how much of a
given behavior, characteristic, or phenomenon is present.
7). Replication
Ans: The ability of researchers to repeat a study using the same variables and methods
or slight variations of them.
8). Research consumer
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, Ans: Readers of nursing research whose objective is to apply findings to nursing
practice or to use the findings to conduct further research.
9). Research team
Ans: A group that collaborates to conduct a research project from determining the
initial research question through communicating the results.
10). Research rigor
Ans: Striving for excellence in research, which involves discipline, scrupulous
adherence to detail, and strict accuracy.
11). Scientific inquiry
Ans: The process of analyzing data critically that have been gathered systemically
about a particular phenomenon.
12). Scientific method
Ans: A systematic research process that involves the following steps: selecting and
defining the problem, formulating research questions or hypotheses or both, collecting
data, analyzing data, and reporting results
13). Triangulation
Ans: Use of quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data about a particular
phenomenon.
14). Ways of knowing
Ans: An assortment of methods used to acquire new knowledge, including tradition,
authority, trial and error, and intuition.
15). Anonymity
Ans: A condition in which the identity of subjects remains unknown, even to the
researcher, to protect subjects participating in a study and to promote objective results.
16). Applied research
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