BSNC 5060 Midterm Review (modules
1-6) Question and answers rated A+
2025/2026
Critical Appraisal - correct answer ✔A systematic process for reviewing evidence
Data - correct answer ✔Information systematically collected in the course of a study
Dissemination - correct answer ✔The communication of research findings
Evidence-Informed Practice - correct answer ✔Acknowledging and considering the myriad factors
beyond such evidence as local indigenous knowledge, cultural and religious norms, and clinical
judgement
Phenomena - correct answer ✔Occurrences, circumstances, or facts that are perceptible by the senses
Evidence-Based - correct answer ✔The conscious, explicit, and judicious use of the current best
evidence in the care of patients ad the delivery of health care services
Quality Improvement - correct answer ✔A systematic process for improving patient care
Hypothesis - correct answer ✔A best guess or prediction about what a researcher expects tofind with
regard to the relationship between two or more variables
Philosophical Beliefs - correct answer ✔The system of motivating values, concepts, principles, and the
nature of human knowledge of an individual group, or culture
,Paradigm - correct answer ✔A set of beliefs and practices, shared by communities of researchers, that
guide the knowledge development process.
Epistemology - correct answer ✔The theory of knowledge; the branch of philosophy concerned with
how people know what they know, or what is known to be the "truth"
Methodology - correct answer ✔Discipline-specific principles, rules, and procedures that guide the
process through which knowledge is acquired.
Aim of Inquiry - correct answer ✔The goals or specific objectives of the research, which vary with the
paradigm
Context - correct answer ✔The personal, social and political environment in which a phenomenon of
interest (time, place, cultural beliefs, values, and practices) occurs
Values - correct answer ✔Personal beliefs of the researcher
Positivism - correct answer ✔A philosophical orientation that suggests that a material world exists; that
is, things can be sensed (i.e., seen touched, heard tasted)
Post-positivism - correct answer ✔The view that a "reality" exists that can be observed, measured, and
understood; however, this view is tempered by the belief that science offers an imperfect understanding
of the world.
Constructivism - correct answer ✔The basis for naturalistic (qualitative) research, which developed
from writers such as Kant, who sought alternate ways of thinking about the world; a belief that reality is
not fixed but rather is a construction of the people perceiving it.
Critical Social Theory - correct answer ✔The use of qualitative and quantitative research to highlight
historical and current experiences of suffering, conflict, and collective struggles
, Qualitative Research - correct answer ✔The systematic, interactive, and subjective research method
used to describe and give meaning to human experiences. Qualitative research is often conducted in
natural settings and uses data that are words or text, as opposed to numerical data, to describe the
experiences being studied
Quantitative Research - correct answer ✔The process of testing relationships, differences, and cause-
and-effect interactions among and between variables. These processes are tested with hypotheses and
research questions through the use of objective, precise, and highly controlled measurements
Concept - correct answer ✔An image or symbolic representation of an abstract idea.
Conceptual Framework - correct answer ✔A structure of concepts, theories, or both that is used to
construct a map for the study
Theoretical Framework - correct answer ✔A structure for concepts, theories, or both used to construct
a map for the study based on a philosophical or theorized belief or understanding or why the
phenomenon under study exists
Theory - correct answer ✔A set of interrelated concepts, definitions, and propositions that present a
systematic view of phenomena to explain and make predictions about those phenomena.
Model - correct answer ✔A symbolic representation of a set of concepts that are created to depict
relationships
Conceptual Definition: - correct answer ✔The general meaning of the concept.
Operational Definition: - correct answer ✔The description of how a concept is measured and what
instruments are used to capture the essence of the variable.
1-6) Question and answers rated A+
2025/2026
Critical Appraisal - correct answer ✔A systematic process for reviewing evidence
Data - correct answer ✔Information systematically collected in the course of a study
Dissemination - correct answer ✔The communication of research findings
Evidence-Informed Practice - correct answer ✔Acknowledging and considering the myriad factors
beyond such evidence as local indigenous knowledge, cultural and religious norms, and clinical
judgement
Phenomena - correct answer ✔Occurrences, circumstances, or facts that are perceptible by the senses
Evidence-Based - correct answer ✔The conscious, explicit, and judicious use of the current best
evidence in the care of patients ad the delivery of health care services
Quality Improvement - correct answer ✔A systematic process for improving patient care
Hypothesis - correct answer ✔A best guess or prediction about what a researcher expects tofind with
regard to the relationship between two or more variables
Philosophical Beliefs - correct answer ✔The system of motivating values, concepts, principles, and the
nature of human knowledge of an individual group, or culture
,Paradigm - correct answer ✔A set of beliefs and practices, shared by communities of researchers, that
guide the knowledge development process.
Epistemology - correct answer ✔The theory of knowledge; the branch of philosophy concerned with
how people know what they know, or what is known to be the "truth"
Methodology - correct answer ✔Discipline-specific principles, rules, and procedures that guide the
process through which knowledge is acquired.
Aim of Inquiry - correct answer ✔The goals or specific objectives of the research, which vary with the
paradigm
Context - correct answer ✔The personal, social and political environment in which a phenomenon of
interest (time, place, cultural beliefs, values, and practices) occurs
Values - correct answer ✔Personal beliefs of the researcher
Positivism - correct answer ✔A philosophical orientation that suggests that a material world exists; that
is, things can be sensed (i.e., seen touched, heard tasted)
Post-positivism - correct answer ✔The view that a "reality" exists that can be observed, measured, and
understood; however, this view is tempered by the belief that science offers an imperfect understanding
of the world.
Constructivism - correct answer ✔The basis for naturalistic (qualitative) research, which developed
from writers such as Kant, who sought alternate ways of thinking about the world; a belief that reality is
not fixed but rather is a construction of the people perceiving it.
Critical Social Theory - correct answer ✔The use of qualitative and quantitative research to highlight
historical and current experiences of suffering, conflict, and collective struggles
, Qualitative Research - correct answer ✔The systematic, interactive, and subjective research method
used to describe and give meaning to human experiences. Qualitative research is often conducted in
natural settings and uses data that are words or text, as opposed to numerical data, to describe the
experiences being studied
Quantitative Research - correct answer ✔The process of testing relationships, differences, and cause-
and-effect interactions among and between variables. These processes are tested with hypotheses and
research questions through the use of objective, precise, and highly controlled measurements
Concept - correct answer ✔An image or symbolic representation of an abstract idea.
Conceptual Framework - correct answer ✔A structure of concepts, theories, or both that is used to
construct a map for the study
Theoretical Framework - correct answer ✔A structure for concepts, theories, or both used to construct
a map for the study based on a philosophical or theorized belief or understanding or why the
phenomenon under study exists
Theory - correct answer ✔A set of interrelated concepts, definitions, and propositions that present a
systematic view of phenomena to explain and make predictions about those phenomena.
Model - correct answer ✔A symbolic representation of a set of concepts that are created to depict
relationships
Conceptual Definition: - correct answer ✔The general meaning of the concept.
Operational Definition: - correct answer ✔The description of how a concept is measured and what
instruments are used to capture the essence of the variable.
