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The research question, "What is the decision-making process among intensive care unit nurses who decide to discuss spiritual issues with patients?" is which of the following? A) Most likely to be addressed using a quantitative approach B) Most likely to be addressed using a qualitative approach C) Not researchable D) Not appropriately worded B Which of the following is a major source of ideas for research problems? Select all that apply. A) Theories or conceptual frameworks B) Pers...

Based on what we know from this chapter, the Tuskegee Syphilis Study violated which of the following? Select all that apply. A) Freedom from harm B) Right to self-determination C) Right to fair treatment D) Privacy rule A, B, C The regulations affecting the ethical conduct of research sponsored by the U.S. federal government were based on which of the following? A) Nuremberg Code B) Declaration of Helsinki C) Belmont Report D) Code of Ethics of the American Nurses Association C ...

Which of the following terms would likely be used only by qualitative researchers, as opposed to quantitative researchers, to refer to people who participate in a study? A) Informants B) Study participants C) Subjects D) Investigators A Which of the following terms is used by both qualitative and quantitative researchers to refer to the abstractions under study? A) Concept B) Theory C) Phenomenon D) Variable A 00:03 01:13 Which of the following would be most likely ...

The difference between a true score and an obtained score is referred to as which of the following? A) Internal inconsistency B) Non-equivalence C) Interobserver disagreement D) Error of measurement D The level of measurement that classifies and ranks people in terms of the degree to which they possess the attribute of interest is which of the following? A) Nominal B) Ordinal C) Interval D) Ratio B 00:01 01:13 Blood type is measured on which of the following? A) No...

Sampling may be defined as which of the following? A) Selection of an accessible population for a study B) Selection of a subset of a population to represent the entire population C) Assignment of study participants to treatment groups D) Technique for ensuring that every element in the population has an equal chance of being included in the study B Bias in a sample for a quantitative study refers to which of the following? A) Lack of heterogeneity in the population on the attribute o...

The first major step that a researcher must undertake in a qualitative analysis is which of the following? A) A search for major themes B) A search for appropriate metaphors C) The use of quasi-statistics D) Developing a system for organizing and indexing the data D Before the advent of computer software for qualitative analysis, the main procedure for managing qualitative data was the development of which of the following? A) Conceptual files B) Core categories C) Memos D) Themes ...

Nurses are most likely to encounter research results in which of the following? Select all that apply. A) Poster sessions B) Journal articles C) Textbooks D) Dissertations A, B When a research report undergoes a "blind" review for a journal, it means which of the following? A) The journal editors do not know who submitted the report. B) The authors of the report do not know who the editor of the journal is. C) The report is published without indicating the authors' names. D) The...

Which of the following groups would be best served by the development of a scientific base for nursing practice? A) Nursing administrators B) Practicing nurses C) Nurses' clients D) Health care policymakers C. An especially important goal for the nursing profession is to do which of the following? A) Conduct research to better understand the context of nursing practice B) Establish a solid base of evidence for practice through disciplined research C) Document the role nursing serve...