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Nursing Research -5
pollev questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which is the current basis for regulations affecting research sponsored by the Canadian government? | Tri-Council Policy Statement |
| True or false: children require special protection when they are involved in a research study. | True |
| The principle of justice ensures a research subject’s right to: | Full disclosure |
| In what situation involving primary research is informed consent not needed? | Informed consent is always needed |
| A researcher unobtrusively studied interactions among patients in a psychiatric hospital, without informing them. What research principle has been violated? | Right to self-determination |
| What group may be considered a vulnerable population? | Pediatric patients |
| Research-related risks that are considered no larger than those encountered in normal daily life are considered what? | Minimal |
| A researcher recruits patients and by emphasizing the good care they received from the nursing staff. This might be considered an example of: | Exploitation |
| What is the purpose of the evidence hierarchy? | Rank order evidence according to the strength of evidence provided |
| Consumers of research take what action? | Read studies |
| What is the dependent variable in the research question, “What is the effect of noise levels on post-operative pain in ICU patients?” | Post-operative pain |
| What is the final step in both quantitative and qualitative research? | Disseminating research results |
| What is a fundamental assumption in the constructivist paradigm? | Reality is multiply constructed and multiply interpreted by humans |
| What is the term for an objective assessment of study’s strengths and limitations? | Research critique |
| What is a major barrier to evidence-based practice? | Absence of necessary skills, among many health care providers, for locating and critically evaluating studies |
| What are the two broad classes of quantitative research? | Experimental and non-experimental |
| Who is best served by the development of a rigorous base of evidence for practice? | Patients receiving care |
| What is the purpose of an operational definition? | Specifies how a variable will be measured |
| True or false: Quantitative research attempts to identify a phenomenon | False |
| A researcher is investigation the effect of bed angle of hospitalized patients (15, 30, 45 degrees) on patients’ heart rate. This is an example of what type of study? | Quantitative |
| True or false: Researchers should rely heavily on secondary sources for information | False |
| A researcher article undergoes a “blind” review for a journal. What does this mean? | The reviewers making recommendation about publication are not told who the authors are |
| Where are health care providers most likely to find research evidence? | Journal articles |
| What is a major source of ideas for research problems? | Clinical experiences |
| What is the most important type of information to include in a literature review | Findings from prior studies |
| Systematic reviews are the cornerstone of: | Evidence-based practice |
| What type of research involves an intervention? | Clinical trials |
| During which phase of a full clinical trial would an efficacy study be done? | Phase III |
| The integration of quantitative and qualitative approaches in a single study constitutes a form of: | Methodological research |
| True or false: the person guiding a focus group is called a moderator. | True |
| True or false: there are no universally adopted rules for analyzing qualitative data. | True |
| What is a crucial criterion for establishing the trustworthiness of qualitative data? | Credibility |
| What Strategy could be used to improve the credibility of qualitative data? | Investigator triangulation |
| How would the progression of tasks for a qualitative study be best described? | Circular |
| Quantitative researchers seek to ensure that their findings can be applied to other groups and settings. What is that called? | Generalizability |
| "This study aimed to understand the experience of living with a colostomy among patients who had surgery for colon cancer" is a: | Statement of purpose |
| It is important that researchers design rigorous study methods to eliminate: | Biases |
| What is the best description of a dependent variable | Outcome being measured |
| What is a major assumption of the constructivist paradigm world view? | Reality is mentally constructed by individuals |
| In what situation is informed consent not needed? | Conduction of a systematic review |
| Transferability in qualitative studies is analogous to what issue in quantitative studies? | Generalizability |
| “All citizens of the United States who have Multiple Sclerosis” is an example of a: | Population |
| Which qualitative tradition stems from the discipline of anthropology? | Ethnography |
| Phenomenologists believe that: | The essence of a phenomenon is interpreted through personal experience |
| What is the term for an objective assessment of a study’s strengths and limitations? | Research critique |
| In a qualitative research article, a description of how the data was collected would be presented in which section? | Methods |
| What is a final step in both quantitative and qualitative research? | Disseminating research results |
| Which ethical safeguard is exemplified in the following: A researcher distributes unmarked questionnaires to patients? | Anonymity |
| What paradigm has most often been associated with mixed methods research? | Pragmatism |
| What is a general principle researchers use to control a confounding variable? | Holding it constant in the study |
| The social desirability response set bias is least likely to be a problem on scales incorporated into: | Telephone interviews, Anonymous questionnaires, Face-to-face interviews |
| If a researcher were interested to study the prevalence of various health-promoting and health risk behaviours among community-dwelling elders, how would that most likely be conducted: | Survey |
| Descriptive qualitative studies may use an approach to analysis called: | Content analysis |
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