WorksheetsPALMER 2
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Bias in a exqmple for a quantitative study refers to:
Lack of heterogeneity in the population on the attribute of interest
Sample selectionin nonprobability type of sampling
The margin of error in the data obtain from the samples
Systematic over or underrepresentation of an attribute vis-a-vis the population
Strata are incorporated into the design of which of the following sample approaches?
Systematic
Purposive
Quota
Simple random
Which of the following types of sample is considered to be the weakest for quantitative studies
Convenience
Qouta
Purposive
Systematic
The sampling design that would be especially likely to yield a representative sample is:
Systematic
Convenience
Purposive
Qouta
Which of the following is not a nonprobability sampling method?
Convenience sampling
Cluster sampling
Purposive sampling
Quota sampling
The hypothesis “A person’s emotional status is not affected by a relocation to a nursing home” is :
Null
Alternate
Directional
Non directional
When subjects’ behaviors are affected not by the treatment per se but bu their knowledge of participating in an study, the generalizability of the results is limited because of the influence of the:
Treatment effect
Rosenthal effect
Hawthorne effect
Reactive effect of a pre test
The major similaritybetween theories and conceptual models is that both:
Use concepts as their building blocks
Use the deductive reasoning process almost exclusively
Certain a set of logically interrelated propositions
Provide a mechanism for developing new propositions from the original propositions
To a nurse seeking knowledge on a topic, a literature review article in a journal would be considered?
An abstract
A primary source
A secondary source
A bibliorgraphical database
One of the functions of a rigorous research design in quantitative studies, Including nonexperimental studies is to have control over:
Dependent variables
Independent variables
Factorial variables
Extraneous variables
The philippine census in an example of a/in?
Survey
Evaluation
Case study
Secondaty analysis
In which phase of the research process would the following sentence most likely appear? “The study sample consist of 35 mothers from Sitio Masipag laging nanganganak, Baguio City”
Conceptual phase
Design ang planning phase
Empirical phase
Analytical phase
The power of theories lies in their ability to:
Capture the complexicity of human nature by the richness of the operational definition assoiciated with variable
Minimize the number of words required required to explain phenomena and, thereby, eliminate semantic problems
Prove conclusively that relationship exist among the phenomena studied
Explicate the nature of the relationship that exist among phenomena
Tha safeguard mechanism by which even the researcher cannot link the participant with the information provided is called:
Confidentiality
Anonymity
Informed consent
Right to privacy
If the findings in the municipality X could be generalized to similar groups, the study has?
External validity
Internal validity
Validity
Reliability
Which of the following types of research does not use existing data?
Historical research
Secondary analyses
Survey research
Meta analyses
What does a hypothesis stated in the null form express?
The expected absence pf a relationship betwwen variables
The expected magnitude of relationship netween variables
The expected direction of relationship betwee. Variables
The expected existence if relationship between variables
Which of the following limits the power of the scientific method to answer question about human experience?
The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human traits
The difficulty of gaining the cooperation of humans as study participants
The necessity of departing from traditional belliefs
The shortage of theories about human behavior
The building blocks of theory are;
Proposition
Relationships
Concept
Hypotheses
A primary source for a literature review may be defined as:
A description of an investigation written by a researcher who conducted a study
A summary of a relevant research that has been conducted in the topic of interest
A thesaurus that directs the reader to subject headings germane to the topic
Any retrieval mechanism that helps to locate articles on the area of interest
The independent variable in the research question “What is the effect of noise levels on post operative pain and blood pressure fluctuations in ICU patients” is:
Blood pressure
ICU patients
Noise levels
Post operative pain
Samples of ten or fewer subject would be most likely to be found in a/an:
Grounded theory
Etnography
Phenomenological study
Mixed-method study
What does the quantitative approach in research attempt to eliminate?
Generalizability
Bias and subjectivity
Systematization
Empirical evidence
Which type of nursing research is constrained by ethical considerations?
Quantitative research
Both Quantitative and Qualitative research
Qualitative research
Neither quantitative nor qualitative reserach
Which of the following is a tool used by quantitative reserachers to enhance rigor and reduce bias?
Randomness
Reflexivity
Reliability
Thick description
