Description : Selection of sample in this study is an important step in doing research. A good sample is: a. One that includes both male and female nurses b. One that shows a balance in the number of ... is representative of the population from which it was selected d. One that can be manipulated and controlled
Last Answer : c. One that is representative of the population from which it was selected
Description : Identify the term that refers to a post study interview in which all aspects of the study are revealed, reasons for the use of deception are given, and the participants’ questions are answered? a. Desensitizing b. Debriefing c. Dehoaxing d. Deploying
Last Answer : b. Debriefing
Description : Research participants must give what before they can participate in a study? a. Guidelines b. A commitment c. Informed consent d. Private information
Last Answer : c. Informed consent
Description : Which of the following is not an ethical guideline for conducting research with humans? a. Getting informed consent of the participant b. Telling participants they must continue until the study ... Keeping participants' identity anonymous d. Telling participants they are free to withdraw at any time
Last Answer : b. Telling participants they must continue until the study has been completed
Description : The Method section of the research plan typically specifies EXCEPT; a. The research participants b. The results of prior studies that address the phenomena of interest c. The apparatus, instruments, and materials for the research study d. The planned research procedures
Last Answer : b. The results of prior studies that address the phenomena of interes
Description : Which of the following sampling methods is the best way to select a group of people for a study if you are interested in making statements about the larger population? a. Convenience sampling b. Quota sampling c. Purposive sampling d. Random sampling
Last Answer : d. Random sampling
Description : Which of the following will give a more accurate representation of the population from which a sample has been taken? a. A large sample based on the convenience sampling technique b. A small ... simple random sampling c. A large sample based on simple random sampling d. A small cluster sample
Last Answer : c. A large sample based on simple random sampling
Description : Reliability is most simply known as which of the following? a. Consistency or stability b. Appropriateness of interpretations on the basis of test scores c. Ways in which people are the same d. A rank order of participants on some characteristic
Last Answer : a. Consistency or stability
Description : ________ means that the participant's identity, although known to the researcher, is not revealed to anyone outside of the researcher and his or her staff. a. Anonymity b. Confidentiality
Last Answer : b. Confidentiality
Description : Ideally, the research participant's identity is not known to the researcher. This is called: a. Anonymity b. Confidentiality c. Deception d. Desensitizing
Last Answer : a. Anonymity
Description : The type of sampling in which each member of the population selected for the sample is returned to the population before the next member is selected is called _________. a. Sampling without replacement b. Sampling with replacement c. Simple random sampling d. Systematic sampling
Last Answer : b. Sampling with replacement
Description : When each member of a population has an equally likely chance of being selected, this is called: a. A nonrandom sampling method b. A quota sample c. A snowball sample d. A Random Sample
Last Answer : d. A Random Sample
Description : In which of the following nonrandom sampling techniques does the researcher ask the research participants to identify other potential research participants? a. Snowball b. Convenience c. Purposive d. Quota
Last Answer : a. Snowball
Description : Researchers use both open-ended and closed-ended questions to collect data. Which of the following statements is true? a. Open-ended questions directly provide quantitative data based on the ... own words d. Closed-ended questions directly provide qualitative data in the participants' own words
Last Answer : c. Open-ended questions provide qualitative data in the participant’s own words
Description : Let’s say that a test accurately indicates participants’ scores on a future criterion (e.g., the PSAT is used to indicate high-school GPA scores). This test would clearly have which of the following? a. Face validity b. Concurrent validity c. Predictive validity d. Content validity
Last Answer : c. Predictive validity
Description : Which of the following generally cannot be done in qualitative studies conducted in the field? a. Getting informed consent b. Keeping participants from physical harm c. Maintaining consent forms d. Having full anonymity rather than just confidentiality
Last Answer : d. Having full anonymity rather than just confidentiality
Description : Which of the following is a right of each participant in research? a. Deception b. Utilitarianism c. Freedom to withdraw d. Participants have no rights
Last Answer : c. Freedom to withdraw
Description : What is it called when the participants are not revealed to any one but researcher and staff? a. Confidentiality b. Anonymity c. Ethics d. Discretion
Last Answer : a. Confidentiality
Description : The research participants are described in detail in which section of the research plan? a. Introduction b. Method c. Data analysis d. Discussion
Last Answer : b. Method
Description : Which one is a set of elements taken from a larger population according to certain rules? a. Sample b. Population c. Statistic d. Element
Last Answer : a. Sample
Description : Determining the sample interval (represented by k), randomly selecting a number between 1 and k, and including each kth element in your sample are the steps for which form of sampling? a. Simple Random Sampling b. Stratified Random Sampling c. Systematic Sampling d. Cluster sampling
Last Answer : c. Systematic Sampling
Description : Which of the following would usually require the smallest sample size because of its efficiency? a. One stage cluster sampling b. Simple random sampling c. Two stage cluster sampling d. Quota sampling
Last Answer : b. Simple random sampling
Description : Which of the following would generally require the largest sample size? a. Cluster sampling b. Simple random sampling c. Systematic sampling d. Proportional stratified sampling
Last Answer : a. Cluster sampling
Description : People who are available, volunteer, or can be easily recruited are used in the sampling method called ______. a. Simple random sampling b. Cluster sampling c. Systematic sampling d. Convenience sampling
Last Answer : d. Convenience sampling
Description : Which of the following is not a form of probability sampling? a. Simple random sampling b. Systematic sampling c. Purposive sampling d. Cluster sampling
Last Answer : c. Purposive sampling
Description : Which of the following types of sampling involves the researcher determining the appropriate sample sizes for the groups identified as important, and then taking convenience samples from those groups? a. ... sampling b. Quota sampling c. One-stage cluster sampling d. Two-stage cluster sampling
Last Answer : b. Quota sampling
Description : The nonrandom sampling type that involves selecting a convenience sample from a population with a specific set of characteristics for your research study is called _____. a. Convenience sampling b. Quota sampling c. Purposive sampling d. Snowball sampling
Description : Which of the following statements are true? a. The larger the sample size, the greater the sampling error b. The more categories or breakdowns you want to make in your data analysis, the larger ... the larger the sample needed d. As sample size decreases, so does the size of the confidence interval
Last Answer : b. The more categories or breakdowns you want to make in your data analysis, the larger the sample needed
Description : Which of the following is known as a clear statement of the specific aim or goal of the study a. Research Question b. Research objective c. Research Purpose d. Research Problem
Last Answer : c. Research Purpose
Description : In study design threats, If Subjects’ behavior may be affected by characteristics of the researchers is known as: a. Measurement effect b. Experimenter effect c. Novelty effect d. Expectancy effect
Last Answer : b. Experimenter effect
Description : The process of drawing a sample from a population is known as _________. a. Sampling b. Census c. Survey research d. None of the above
Last Answer : a. Sampling
Description : The use of statistics to make assumptions concerning some unknown aspect of a population from a sample of that population is known as follow; a. Inferential Statistics b. Parameter c. Descriptive Statistics d. Sampling
Last Answer : a. Inferential Statistics
Description : The per capital income of India from 1950 to 1990 is four times. This study is (a) social (b) Factorial (c) Longitudinal (d) horizontal
Last Answer : (c) Longitudinal
Description : Which of the following is not an element of the ethical research? a. Protecting subjects rights b. Obtaining informed consent c. Obtaining institutional approval d. Unbalancing the benefits and the risk in the study
Last Answer : d. Unbalancing the benefits and the risk in the study
Description : Medical experiments conduct on prisoners of war and racially valueless persons is named as; a. Jewish C.D Hospital Study b. Nazi medical experience. c. Tuskegee Syphilis study d. Willow brook Study
Last Answer : b. Nazi medical experience.
Description : Tuskegee Syphilis study was conducted in which of the following year. a. 1930 b. 1940 c. 1932 d. 1942
Last Answer : c. 1932
Description : Which of the following is not one of the 4 major approaches to qualitative research? a. Ethnography b. Phenomenology c. Case study d. Nonexperimental
Last Answer : d. Nonexperimental
Description : _________ is used to describe cultural scenes or the cultural characteristics of a group of people. a. Phenomenology b. Ethnography c. Grounded theory d. Instrumental case study
Last Answer : b. Ethnography
Description : A researcher studies a Kashmiri group for a six month period to learn all about them so he can write a book about that particular tribe. What type of research will he likely be conducting? a. Ethnography b. Phenomenology c. Grounded theory d. Collective case study
Last Answer : a. Ethnography
Description : The type of qualitative research that describes the culture of a group of people is called; a. Phenomenology b. Grounded theory c. Ethnography d. Case study
Last Answer : c. Ethnography
Description : In which qualitative research approach is the primary goal to gain access to individuals’ inner worlds of experience? a. Phenomenology b. Ethnography c. Grounded theory d. Case study
Last Answer : a. Phenomenology
Description : ________ is a study of human consciousness and individuals’ experience of some phenomenon. a. Phenomenology b. Ethnography c. Grounded theory d. Case study research
Description : The degree to which the components of the research reflect the theory, concept, or variable under study is termed as; a. Design Validity b. Threats to Validity c. Internal validity d. External validity
Last Answer : a. Design Validity
Description : In an experimental research study, the primary goal is to isolate and identify the effect produced by the ____. a. Dependent variable b. Extraneous variable c. Independent variable d. Confounding variable
Last Answer : c. Independent variable
Description : Internal validity refers to which of the following? a. The ability to infer that a casual relationship exists between 2 variables b. The extent to which study results can be generalized to and ... the study d. The ability to generalize the study results to individuals not included in the study
Last Answer : b. The extent to which study results can be generalized to and across populations of persons, settings, and times
Description : Which strategy used to promote qualitative research validity uses multiple research methods to study a phenomenon? a. Data triangulation b. Methods triangulation c. Theory triangulation d. Member checking
Last Answer : b. Methods triangulation
Description : What type of validity refers to the extent to which the results of a study can be generalized across time? a. Ecological validity b. External validity c. Internal validity d. Temporal validity
Last Answer : d. Temporal validity
Description : A study in which we see the nurse’s level of education is classified in which level of measurement? a. Nominal-scale b. Ordinal scale c. Interval scale d. Ratio-scale
Last Answer : b. Ordinal scale
Description : Which term refers to publishing several articles from the data collected in one large study? a. Duplicate publication b. Partial publication c. Triplicate publication d. None of these
Last Answer : b. Partial publication