Which statement about research problems and paradigms as paradigms relate to qualitative and quantitative methods is true quizlet?
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most likely to be addressed using a quantitative approach. Show Rationale: Quantitative studies usually involve concepts that are fairly well developed and for which reliable methods of measurement have been (or can be) developed. In this appropriately worded question, both the independent variable (a person's gender) and the dependent variable (death anxiety) can be measured. A qualitative approach would not be suitable for this question, but could be used for related questions (e.g., What is the essence of death anxiety among patients with cancer?). Upgrade to remove ads Only SGD 41.99/year
Terms in this set (59)In response to human rights violations, various codes of ethics have been developed. Which code of ethical standards was developed after the Nazi atrocities were made public? - The Declaration of Helsinki The Nuremberg Code Which was the basis for regulations affecting research sponsored by the U.S. government? - Declaration of Helsinki Belmont Report In the context of ethical principles, what is beneficence? - Participants' right to self-determination Researchers' obligation to maximize benefits and minimize harms Which statement about the protection of study participants is true? - Qualitative researchers are often in a better position than quantitative researchers to "do good"
(and not just avoid harm) with study participants. Qualitative researchers are often in a better position than quantitative researchers to "do good" (and not just avoid harm) with study participants. In recruiting participants for a study about the experience of coping with a cancer diagnosis, the researcher tells people that the study is about their health beliefs. Which ethical right does this violate? - The right to full disclosure The right to full disclosure In undertaking a risk/benefit assessment to ensure the ethical conduct of a study, the researchers might identify which as a potential benefit? - Participants' opportunity to take some time off from work Knowledge gains that could benefit patients in the future A researcher distributes a questionnaire to classrooms of nursing students about their health-promoting activities. The researcher considered the completion of the questionnaire an indicator of the students' permission to use their data. This is an example of: - process consent. implied consent. What term is used for the mechanism by which even the researcher cannot link participants with the information they provide? - Informed consent Anonymity Which group would be considered a vulnerable population, according to traditional guidelines? - Pediatric patients Pediatric patients Which group would be considered a vulnerable population, according to traditional guidelines? - College students Patients in a prison hospital The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, an example of serious ethical transgressions, violated which ethical principle? - Failure to obtain a Certificate of Confidentiality Failure to protect participants from harm The research question "What is the meaning of spirituality to patients in end- of-life care?" is: - most likely to be addressed using a qualitative approach. most likely to be addressed using a qualitative approach. Which statement about research problems and paradigms (as paradigms relate to qualitative and quantitative methods) is true? - Many research questions cannot be answered within either of the two main paradigms. Quantitative studies typically focus on well-developed concepts for which reliable methods of measurement exist. A problem statement has many components. Which is least likely to be a component of a written problem statement for a quantitative study? - Scope of the
problem Researchers' views about fixing the problem "For the thousands of patients on chemotherapy, nausea and vomiting are common side effects. To date, interventions have been only moderately successful in reducing these effects. New interventions that can reduce or prevent these side effects need to be identified to improve the quality of life of these patients." Which does this best represent? - A hypothesis A problem statement This study aimed to understand the experience of living with a colostomy among patients who had surgery for colon cancer" is a: - portion of a problem statement statement of purpose. A researcher's statement of purpose indicates that the goal of the study is to understand the lived experiences of family members caring for a terminally ill child with cancer. What type of study is this? - Phenomenological Phenomenological Which verb used in a statement of purpose is most likely to signify that the study is quantitative? - Evaluate Evaluate Which is most likely to be a statement of purpose for a quantitative study? - The purpose was to explore the lived experiences of refugee women from Syria in need of health care. The purpose was to assess the effectiveness of music for decreasing agitation in nursing home residents. Identify the independent variable in the following research question "What is the effect of acetaminophen compared to ibuprofen on liver function in female adolescents with hepatitis?" - Acetaminophen Type of pain reliever In the following research question, what would correspond to the C component in the PICO scheme? "What is the relationship between pregnant women's smoking behavior and infant birth weight?" - Infant birth weight Not smoking Which would be a research question template for a quantitative etiology/harm study, where IV = the independent variable and DV = the dependent variable? - In a population, what is the frequency of occurrence of the DV? In a population, does exposure to IV increase the risk of DV? Which statement about research hypotheses is true? - Simple hypotheses make predictions about a single variable. Qualitative researchers do not develop hypotheses prior to data collection. Which is a null hypothesis? - Among patients with Parkinson's disease, an outdoor fall is more likely to result in injury than an indoor fall. Patients with Parkinson's disease are as likely to fall indoors as outdoors. What type of hypothesis is represented by the following prediction? "The fewer social supports an elderly person has, the more likely the individual will be institutionalized." - Directional Directional Which statement is worded incorrectly? - On the basis of the results, we can accept the hypothesis that diminished appetite in the elderly is correlated with depression. The findings prove that people living with HIV are at greater risk for chronic comorbidities than those not living with HIV. In wording a testable hypothesis, which phrase would not be used? - Meaning of Meaning of Which statement regarding hypotheses is true? - Hypotheses are tested in qualitative study through an inductive process. Stating upfront hypotheses can reduce the possibility that spurious results will be misinterpreted. For a research literature review, what is a primary source? - A description of a study written by the researchers who did the study A description of a study written by the researchers who did the study What is a secondary source for a research literature review? - Any reference focused on the topic of interest A summary of a study written by someone other than the researchers who conducted it What is the first step in conducting a literature review? - Encoding information from sources Identifying the question to be addressed There are several strategies for finding studies on a research question. What is the ancestry approach? - Searching for articles that summarize prior
research in a bibliographic database Tracking down earlier studies cited in the reference list of a relevant research report. In the following CINAHL citation, to what does the "6" refer? "Nursing Research, Nov/Dec 2017; 66(6): 406-411." - A journal issue in a given year A journal issue in a given year Which does the MEDLINE database use to provide consistency in information retrieval? - Text words MeSH Which is true about Google Scholar (GS)? - GS is the most widely respected bibliographic search engine for health research. GS includes a "Cited by" search feature that can be used for a descendancy search In evaluating primary studies for a literature review, what is the key question that a reviewer should address? - Did the authors cite appropriately from the previously published literature related to the problem under study To what extent do the study findings reflect the truth (the true state of affairs)? What is an abstract generalization that explains how phenomena are interrelated? - A descriptive theory A traditional theory The power of theories lies in their ability to: - provide guidance on how to test hypotheses statistically. articulate the nature of relationships among phenomena. Descriptive theory plays an important role in which type of study? - Intervention study Qualitative study What are the basic building blocks of a theory? - Concepts Concepts What is an example of a theory that has been described as a grand theory in nursing? - Comfort Theory (Kolcaba) Humanbecoming Paradigm (Parse) Theories differ in their level of generality and abstraction. What term is used to designate a theory that attempts to explain specific phenomena, such as stress, adaptation, and unpleasant symptoms? - Reinforcement theory Middle-range theory What is the major similarity between traditional theories and conceptual models? - They both can be classified as either grand or middle-range. They both use concepts as their building blocks. Every study contains which? - A schematic model A framework Which is true of both theories and conceptual models? - For nursing studies, they need to be borrowed
from other disciplines. They are invented or created, not discovered Several conceptual models and theories of nursing have been developed, and four concepts play key roles in most of them. Which is not a concept that is central to models of nursing? - Health Social support The nurse theorist Roy developed which model? - Adaptation Model Adaptation Model The Health Promotion Model would best be described as which type of theory? - A grounded theory A middle-range theory Which middle-range theory developed by a nurse focuses on a person's inability to understand the meaning of illness-related events? - Mishel's Uncertainty in Illness Mishel's Uncertainty in Illness Self-efficacy is a widely used construct that was originally developed within: - the Health Promotion Model. social cognitive theory Stages of change is a construct that was developed within the: - Theory of Reasoned Action. Transtheoretical Model. Which is an example of a shared theory (a theory used by but not developed by nurses)? - Mishel's Uncertainty in Illness Theory Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory A nurse researcher studied adults' intentions to donate blood, as well as their actual donation behavior. Which theory or model did the nurse researcher likely use? - The Health Belief Model The Theory of Planned Behavior A nurse researcher studied how a woman's practice of breast self- examination is affected by her perception of the risk of breast cancer. Which theory or model did the nurse researcher likely use? - The Health Belief Model The Health Belief Model Which is a prominent theoretical underpinning of grounded theory? - Materialistic theory Symbolic interactionism Which statement is true? - Quantitative researchers test theories that are grounded in actual observations of the phenomena of interest. Many quantitative researchers who cite a theory as their framework do directly test the theory or hypotheses deduced from the theory. An important function of a research design in a quantitative study is to exert control over which variables? - Outcome variables Confounding variables Which is not a characteristic of qualitative research design? - It often involves triangulation of data sources It involves minimum oversight once the study is underway The term emergent design refers to a design that emerges at which point in a qualitative study? - While the researcher is in the field collecting data While the researcher is in the field collecting data Sets with similar termsNursing Research Quiz #250 terms emmbrickss Nursing Research - All Quiz Questions87 terms tinathomas0311 Nursing Research - All Quiz Questions87 terms Dominique_Comeaux Research Final (Quiz 1-10, 14)162 terms DesertGypsy Sets found in the same folderQuiz 350 terms Megan_Lally96 Nursing Research Quiz 259 terms mjstatz2 Quiz 150 terms Megan_Lally96 Chapter 828 terms delanie_maize Other sets by this creatorPersonality Disorders33 terms
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