GROVES THE PRACTICE OF
NURSING RESEARCH APPRAISAL
SYNTHESIS AND GENERATION OF
EVIDENCE 9TH EDITION 2026
NURSING RESEARCH TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Nurses in practice settings often read and evaluate studies in the
context of a journal _______.
Answer: Club
◉ A _____ is a world view, a way of looking at natural phenomena.
Answer: Paradigm
◉ A principle that is believed to be true without proof of verification is
a(n) ________.
Answer: Assumption
◉ The techniques used by researchers to structure a study are called
research _______.
Answer: Methods
, ◉ _______ is the world view that assumes that there is an orderly reality
that can be studied objectively.
Answer: Positivism
◉ The positivist assumption that phenomena are not random but rather
have antecedent causes is called _______.
Answer: Determinism
◉ _______ research involves the collection and analysis of numeric
information and is associated with the traditional scientific method.
Answer: Quantitative
◉ The scientific method involved procedures to reduce bias that could
distort the results by enhancing ________ - that is, minimizing
subjectivity.
Answer: Objectivity
◉ The type of research that analyzes narrative, subjective materials is
_____ research.
Answer: Qualitative
◉ Many studies seek to understand determinants of phenomena and are
referred to as ______- probing studies
Answer: Cause