A nursing research student is evaluating a research framework that is explicitly started in a research article. All of these statements describe the purpose of a research framework EXCEPT: it is tested within the st
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A nursing research student is evaluating a research framework that is explicitly started in a research article. All of these statements describe the purpose of a research framework EXCEPT: it is tested within the study.
it links the findings of the study back to nursing's body of knowledge.
to guide the selection of the inferential statistics.
to guide the development of a study.
Which of the following types of studies is considered a qualitative
study? Correlational
Ethnographic
Methodological
Comparative
A friend asks you to explain the difference between a conceptual definition and an operational definition of anxiety. You help her to understand these concepts by providing her with the following operational definition of anxiety.
An overwhelming feeling of uneasiness
A score above 40 on the Anxiety
Inventory Discomfort at the
highest level
A sense of fear
The purpose of an institutional review board (IRB) is to: review the costs associated with an institutional study.
determine the appropriate journals for publication of the study. determine the extent to which human rights will be protected in a study. critique the research methods of a study. A research hypothesis:
defines the theoretical framework for the study
is used to determine relationships in a study
predicts the expected results or outcomes of the study
clarifies the gap in the literature in the study
Nursing students in a research course are learning about problem statements. To be considered researchable, a problem must:
be a clear, concise statement of the specific goal or focus of the study.
be clearly defined as the gap in knowledge.
deal with patient outcomes rather than social
issues. include an ethical dimension.
A nursing student is reading a study with an experimental research design. Which one of the following is a necessary requirement for experimental designs?
Attrition
Convenience sample
Manipulation of the independent variable
Comparison of naturally occurring groups
A nursing student is planning to conduct a review of the literature for a research study. One of the main purposes of conducting a review of the literature is to:
discover an instrument for data collection that has been used many times.
give the researcher insight into what data analysis techniques should be used.
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