NUSC 4P50 Applied Nursing Research -
Final Exam
What criteria do quantitative researchers use to assess the accuracy and consistency of
information obtained in a study?
A) Reliability
B) Trustworthiness
C) Dependability
D) Confirmability - correct answerA
What refers to evidence of the researcher's objectivity?
A) Reliability
B) Trustworthiness
C) Dependability
D) Confirmability - correct answerD
What can cause bias in a study?
A) Participants' truthful responses
B) Researcher subjectivity
C) Consistent methods of data collection
D) Adequate study design - correct answerB
A researcher finds that a small number of subjects did not provide accurate information
because they had just completed a rigorous session with the physical therapist. What is
this an example of?
A) Sample bias
B) Systematic bias
C) Random bias
D) Absolute bias - correct answerC
The researcher wants to explore the extent to which quantitative findings can be applied
to other groups and settings. What is this called?
A) Reflexivity
B) Generalizability
C) Transferability
D) Thick description - correct answerB
What id concealing info from participants, research agents such as data collectors, care
providers, or data analysts to enhance objectivity called?
A) Comparing
B) Relative timing
C) Masking
D) Transferring - correct answerC
A researcher uses multiple sources or referents to draw conclusions about what
constitutes the truth. What is this called?
A) Triangulation
,NUSC 4P50 Applied Nursing Research -
Final Exam
B) Dependability
C) Confirmability
D) Credibility - correct answerA
A researcher designs a study to determine if a new teaching modality will benefit a
particular group of special education students design would the researcher be most
likely to use?
A) Comparison between two or more groups.
B)Comparison of one group's status at two or more points in time.
C) Comparison of one group's status under different circumstances.
D) Comparison based on relative rankings. - correct answerC
What technique is the researcher using to control extraneous variable to the study
purpose that can be obscure understanding?
A) Confounding
B) Reflexivity
C) Generalizability
D) Transferability - correct answerA
Researchers often incorporate comparisons into their designs to enhance
interpretability. What occurs when different groups of people are compared?
A) Between-subjects design
B) Within-subjects design
C) Mixed design
D) Cross-sectional design - correct answerA
what type of research design involves collecting data at one point in time?
A) Between-subjects design
B) Within-subjects design
C) Longitudinal design
D) Cross-sectional design - correct answerD
A study addressing QOL of a group of patients who had undergone various treatments
for coronary artery disease was gathers 1 year and 8 years after their treatment. What
type of study is this called?
A) Panel
B) Follow-up
C) Trend
D) Cohort - correct answerB
A research is conducting a small-scale trial run designed to test methods to be used in a
larger, more rigorous study. What type of study is this called?
A) Panel
B) Feasibility
, NUSC 4P50 Applied Nursing Research -
Final Exam
C) Trend
D) Cohort - correct answerB
What type of research design occurs when researchers start with a presumed cause
and then go forward in time to the presumed effect?
A) Cohort
B) Counter factual
C) Randomized controlled
D) Factorial - correct answerA
What is the basic distinction in quantitative research?
A) Quantitative and qualitative research B) Empirical and non-empirical research
C) Experimental and non-experimental research
D) Population-based and sample-based research - correct answerC
Which is widely used by quantitative nurse researchers?
A) Ask research questions
B) Phenomenological
C) Ethnographic
D) Grounded theory - correct answerA
What is the purpose of an operational definition in a quantitative study?
A) State the theoretical meaning of the concept
B) Specify how a variable will be defined and measured.
C) State the expected relationship between the variable under investigation.
D) Designate the conceptual underpinnings of the variable. - correct answerB
Which is a datum from a quantitative study of the labor and delivery experiences of
women over age 40?
A) Length of time in labour
B) 107 ounces
C) Infant's Apgar score
D) Vaginal versus cesarean delivery - correct answerB
Which pair of variables is there most likely to be a relationship that could be described
as causal?
A) Degree of physical activity and heart rate
B) Stress and coping style
C) Age and health beliefs
D) Parity and postpartum depression - correct answerA
Which term is used by both qualitative and quantitative researchers to refer to the
abstractions under study?
A) Concept
Final Exam
What criteria do quantitative researchers use to assess the accuracy and consistency of
information obtained in a study?
A) Reliability
B) Trustworthiness
C) Dependability
D) Confirmability - correct answerA
What refers to evidence of the researcher's objectivity?
A) Reliability
B) Trustworthiness
C) Dependability
D) Confirmability - correct answerD
What can cause bias in a study?
A) Participants' truthful responses
B) Researcher subjectivity
C) Consistent methods of data collection
D) Adequate study design - correct answerB
A researcher finds that a small number of subjects did not provide accurate information
because they had just completed a rigorous session with the physical therapist. What is
this an example of?
A) Sample bias
B) Systematic bias
C) Random bias
D) Absolute bias - correct answerC
The researcher wants to explore the extent to which quantitative findings can be applied
to other groups and settings. What is this called?
A) Reflexivity
B) Generalizability
C) Transferability
D) Thick description - correct answerB
What id concealing info from participants, research agents such as data collectors, care
providers, or data analysts to enhance objectivity called?
A) Comparing
B) Relative timing
C) Masking
D) Transferring - correct answerC
A researcher uses multiple sources or referents to draw conclusions about what
constitutes the truth. What is this called?
A) Triangulation
,NUSC 4P50 Applied Nursing Research -
Final Exam
B) Dependability
C) Confirmability
D) Credibility - correct answerA
A researcher designs a study to determine if a new teaching modality will benefit a
particular group of special education students design would the researcher be most
likely to use?
A) Comparison between two or more groups.
B)Comparison of one group's status at two or more points in time.
C) Comparison of one group's status under different circumstances.
D) Comparison based on relative rankings. - correct answerC
What technique is the researcher using to control extraneous variable to the study
purpose that can be obscure understanding?
A) Confounding
B) Reflexivity
C) Generalizability
D) Transferability - correct answerA
Researchers often incorporate comparisons into their designs to enhance
interpretability. What occurs when different groups of people are compared?
A) Between-subjects design
B) Within-subjects design
C) Mixed design
D) Cross-sectional design - correct answerA
what type of research design involves collecting data at one point in time?
A) Between-subjects design
B) Within-subjects design
C) Longitudinal design
D) Cross-sectional design - correct answerD
A study addressing QOL of a group of patients who had undergone various treatments
for coronary artery disease was gathers 1 year and 8 years after their treatment. What
type of study is this called?
A) Panel
B) Follow-up
C) Trend
D) Cohort - correct answerB
A research is conducting a small-scale trial run designed to test methods to be used in a
larger, more rigorous study. What type of study is this called?
A) Panel
B) Feasibility
, NUSC 4P50 Applied Nursing Research -
Final Exam
C) Trend
D) Cohort - correct answerB
What type of research design occurs when researchers start with a presumed cause
and then go forward in time to the presumed effect?
A) Cohort
B) Counter factual
C) Randomized controlled
D) Factorial - correct answerA
What is the basic distinction in quantitative research?
A) Quantitative and qualitative research B) Empirical and non-empirical research
C) Experimental and non-experimental research
D) Population-based and sample-based research - correct answerC
Which is widely used by quantitative nurse researchers?
A) Ask research questions
B) Phenomenological
C) Ethnographic
D) Grounded theory - correct answerA
What is the purpose of an operational definition in a quantitative study?
A) State the theoretical meaning of the concept
B) Specify how a variable will be defined and measured.
C) State the expected relationship between the variable under investigation.
D) Designate the conceptual underpinnings of the variable. - correct answerB
Which is a datum from a quantitative study of the labor and delivery experiences of
women over age 40?
A) Length of time in labour
B) 107 ounces
C) Infant's Apgar score
D) Vaginal versus cesarean delivery - correct answerB
Which pair of variables is there most likely to be a relationship that could be described
as causal?
A) Degree of physical activity and heart rate
B) Stress and coping style
C) Age and health beliefs
D) Parity and postpartum depression - correct answerA
Which term is used by both qualitative and quantitative researchers to refer to the
abstractions under study?
A) Concept
