NURS 641 PRACTICE EXAM TEST UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What determines whether a researcher uses a qualitative or quantitative research
method for a particular study?
A. The nature of the research question being asked
B. The researcher's knowledge about and preference for one method over the other
C. The ease of collecting and analyzing data
D. The financial resources available for conducting the study - ✔✔A. The nature of the
research question being asked
✔✔In qualitative research, data saturation occurs when:
A. Participants contradict their own statements
B. The target sample size has been reached
C. No new information is forthcoming and all major issues are understood
D. The researcher's notes fall in a puddle - ✔✔C. No new information is forthcoming
and all major issues are understood
✔✔Which of the following is a TRUE statement of qualitative research?
A. Qualitative research facilitates deep insights into human experiences, viewpoints,
and social processes
B. Qualitative studies lack objectivity
C. The sample size of qualitative research is often too small to yield valuable insights
D. Qualitative research is more philosophical than scientific - ✔✔A. Qualitative research
facilitates deep insights into human experiences, viewpoints, and social processes
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a goal of qualitative research?
A. Describe how a healthcare subculture works
B. Understand the experience of persons
C. Develop a theory
, D. Test a hypothesis about a nursing intervention - ✔✔D. Test a hypothesis about a
nursing intervention
✔✔A nurse researcher aims to produce a rich portrayal of the norms, values,
languages, roles, and social rules of health among Central American immigrants to the
US. What research methodology would work best for this purpose>
A. Grounded theory
B. Case Study
C. Phenomenology
D. Ethnography - ✔✔D. Ethnography
✔✔Which of the following statements is NOT true of the researcher using
phenomenological methods?
A. She tried to hold personal preconceptions in isolation when collecting and analyzing
data
B. He should feel free to let questioning follow leads provided by the informant
C. He has theories he is trying to test with different persons
D. She attempts to understand the person's life world - ✔✔C. He has theories he is
trying to test with different persons
✔✔Which research purpose is NOT a purpose of qualitative research?
A. To determine the effectiveness of forced-air warming blankets in preventing shivering
with women who are actively giving birth
B. To describe the culture of a rural home care agency
C. To develop a theory of how spouses and partners of persons who are attempting to
stop smoking support the "quitter"
D. To understand how patients decided whether to have a particular surgical procedure
- ✔✔A. To determine the effectiveness of forced-air warming blankets in preventing
shivering with women who are actively giving birth
✔✔In the exemplar study about intimate touch, which of the following was NOT a
finding?
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What determines whether a researcher uses a qualitative or quantitative research
method for a particular study?
A. The nature of the research question being asked
B. The researcher's knowledge about and preference for one method over the other
C. The ease of collecting and analyzing data
D. The financial resources available for conducting the study - ✔✔A. The nature of the
research question being asked
✔✔In qualitative research, data saturation occurs when:
A. Participants contradict their own statements
B. The target sample size has been reached
C. No new information is forthcoming and all major issues are understood
D. The researcher's notes fall in a puddle - ✔✔C. No new information is forthcoming
and all major issues are understood
✔✔Which of the following is a TRUE statement of qualitative research?
A. Qualitative research facilitates deep insights into human experiences, viewpoints,
and social processes
B. Qualitative studies lack objectivity
C. The sample size of qualitative research is often too small to yield valuable insights
D. Qualitative research is more philosophical than scientific - ✔✔A. Qualitative research
facilitates deep insights into human experiences, viewpoints, and social processes
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a goal of qualitative research?
A. Describe how a healthcare subculture works
B. Understand the experience of persons
C. Develop a theory
, D. Test a hypothesis about a nursing intervention - ✔✔D. Test a hypothesis about a
nursing intervention
✔✔A nurse researcher aims to produce a rich portrayal of the norms, values,
languages, roles, and social rules of health among Central American immigrants to the
US. What research methodology would work best for this purpose>
A. Grounded theory
B. Case Study
C. Phenomenology
D. Ethnography - ✔✔D. Ethnography
✔✔Which of the following statements is NOT true of the researcher using
phenomenological methods?
A. She tried to hold personal preconceptions in isolation when collecting and analyzing
data
B. He should feel free to let questioning follow leads provided by the informant
C. He has theories he is trying to test with different persons
D. She attempts to understand the person's life world - ✔✔C. He has theories he is
trying to test with different persons
✔✔Which research purpose is NOT a purpose of qualitative research?
A. To determine the effectiveness of forced-air warming blankets in preventing shivering
with women who are actively giving birth
B. To describe the culture of a rural home care agency
C. To develop a theory of how spouses and partners of persons who are attempting to
stop smoking support the "quitter"
D. To understand how patients decided whether to have a particular surgical procedure
- ✔✔A. To determine the effectiveness of forced-air warming blankets in preventing
shivering with women who are actively giving birth
✔✔In the exemplar study about intimate touch, which of the following was NOT a
finding?
