D118: OA Study Guide (Complete) QUESTIONS WITH
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CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\
1. An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is gathering data for an
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|\ ongoing research project. In the project, the APRN is interviewing individual
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|\ patients as well as conducting focused group sessions with multiple patients.
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|\ Which type of research design is being used by the APRN?
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a. Quasi-experimental
b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Descriptive: ANSWER✔✔: B |\ |\
Qualitative research relies on data obtained by the researcher from first-hand obser-
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vation, interviews, questionnaires (on which participants write descriptively), focus
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|\ groups, participant observation, recordings made in natural settings, documents,
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|\ case studies, and artifacts.
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2. An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is gathering data for an
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|\ ongoing research project. In the project, a group of individuals withType 2
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|\ diabetes are divided into two randomized groups.Which type of research
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|\ design is being used by the APRN?
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a. Quasi-experimental
b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Descriptive: ANSWER✔✔: C |\ |\
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,In an experimental research study, the participants in both the treatment and control
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|\ groups are randomly assigned.
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3. An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is gathering data for an
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|\ ongoing research project. In the project, a group of individuals withType 2
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|\ diabetes are divided into two non-randomized groups.Which type of research
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|\ design is being used by the APRN?
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a. Quasi-experimental
b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Descriptive: ANSWER✔✔: A |\ |\
A quasi-experimental design does not randomly assign participants to treatment or
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|\ control groups for comparison.
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,4. An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is gathering data for an
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|\ ongoing research project. In the project, the APRN is focusing on identifying
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|\ the characteristics that makeup a population of patients withType 2 diabetes.
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|\ Which type of research design is being used by the APRN?
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a. Quasi-experimental
b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Descriptive: ANSWER✔✔: D |\ |\
Descriptive Research is used to describe characteristics of a population or phe-
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|\ nomenon being studied. It does not ANSWER✔✔wer questions about
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|\ how/when/why the characteristics occurred. Rather it addresses the "what" questio |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ (what are the characteristics of the population or situation being studied?).
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5. What is the purpose of Level I research?
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a. To define characteristics of interest of groups of patients
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b. To demonstrate the effectiveness of an intervention or treatment
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c. To describe relationships among characteristics or variables
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d. To evaluate the nature of relationships between two variables: ANSWER✔✔: A
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Level I research is conducted to define the characteristics of groups of patients.
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6. What is the purpose of Level II research?
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a. To define characteristics of interest of groups of patients
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, b. To demonstrate the effectiveness of an intervention or treatment
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c. To describe relationships among characteristics or variables
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d. To evaluate the nature of relationships between two variables: ANSWER✔✔: C
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Level II research is concerned with describing the relationships among characteris- tic
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|\ or variables.
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7. What is the purpose of Level III research?
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CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\
1. An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is gathering data for an
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ ongoing research project. In the project, the APRN is interviewing individual
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ patients as well as conducting focused group sessions with multiple patients.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ Which type of research design is being used by the APRN?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a. Quasi-experimental
b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Descriptive: ANSWER✔✔: B |\ |\
Qualitative research relies on data obtained by the researcher from first-hand obser-
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
vation, interviews, questionnaires (on which participants write descriptively), focus
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ groups, participant observation, recordings made in natural settings, documents,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ case studies, and artifacts.
|\ |\ |\
2. An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is gathering data for an
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ ongoing research project. In the project, a group of individuals withType 2
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ diabetes are divided into two randomized groups.Which type of research
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ design is being used by the APRN?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a. Quasi-experimental
b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Descriptive: ANSWER✔✔: C |\ |\
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195
,In an experimental research study, the participants in both the treatment and control
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ groups are randomly assigned.
|\ |\ |\
3. An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is gathering data for an
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ ongoing research project. In the project, a group of individuals withType 2
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ diabetes are divided into two non-randomized groups.Which type of research
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ design is being used by the APRN?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a. Quasi-experimental
b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Descriptive: ANSWER✔✔: A |\ |\
A quasi-experimental design does not randomly assign participants to treatment or
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ control groups for comparison.
|\ |\ |\
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,4. An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is gathering data for an
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ ongoing research project. In the project, the APRN is focusing on identifying
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ the characteristics that makeup a population of patients withType 2 diabetes.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ Which type of research design is being used by the APRN?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a. Quasi-experimental
b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Descriptive: ANSWER✔✔: D |\ |\
Descriptive Research is used to describe characteristics of a population or phe-
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ nomenon being studied. It does not ANSWER✔✔wer questions about
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ how/when/why the characteristics occurred. Rather it addresses the "what" questio |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
|\ (what are the characteristics of the population or situation being studied?).
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
5. What is the purpose of Level I research?
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a. To define characteristics of interest of groups of patients
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b. To demonstrate the effectiveness of an intervention or treatment
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c. To describe relationships among characteristics or variables
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d. To evaluate the nature of relationships between two variables: ANSWER✔✔: A
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Level I research is conducted to define the characteristics of groups of patients.
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6. What is the purpose of Level II research?
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a. To define characteristics of interest of groups of patients
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, b. To demonstrate the effectiveness of an intervention or treatment
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c. To describe relationships among characteristics or variables
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d. To evaluate the nature of relationships between two variables: ANSWER✔✔: C
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Level II research is concerned with describing the relationships among characteris- tic
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|\ or variables.
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7. What is the purpose of Level III research?
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