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A researcher conducts a study which outlines the daily habits of women who are overweight. This study represents which type of research?

Descriptive

The researcher wants to learn whether there is a relationship between parental education and ER use among children who have asthma. Which type of research study will this researcher use?

Correlational

The nurse evaluates a research study that examines the relationship between computer and TV screen time and obesity. A correlational analysis reveals a correlation of +0.95. What can the nurse conclude about the relationship between these two variables?

Screen time and obesity vary together

In which type of research does the researcher seek to examine causal relationships among variables without being able to manipulate the variables?

Quasi-experimental

The nurse participates in data collection for a clinical drug trial in which subjects are randomly assigned to either a treatment or a placebo group to measure the effects of the drug on a specific outcome. This is which type of study?

Experimental

A researcher studies the effect of asthma action plans on frequency of emergency department visits for asthma related symptoms. The study would be described as:

Applied research

Basic research seeks to:

Generate knowledge for knowledge's sake

When developing a study, a researcher establishes rules for measurement of independent and dependent variables in order to minimize the possibility of error. This is an example of:

Control

In which type of research study does the researcher have the most control?

Experimental

A researcher designs a study to evaluate stress and anxiety associated with breastfeeding in which data collection takes place in the homes of mothers with premature newborns after discharge home from the NICU. This would be an example of which type of research setting?

Natural, field

When conducting a research study using a convenience sample of all first grade students from two classrooms in a nearby school, the nurse researcher may increase the sample control by:

Randomly assigning students from both classrooms to either the experimental group or the control group

A nurse is assisting with data collection for a study measuring the effects of a sleep aid medication on oxygen saturations. Subjects will sleep in a darkened room in a sleep lab while participating. Which type of research setting is this?

Highly controlled

A nurse researcher explains the relationships between research processes and the nursing process to a group of graduate level nursing students. Which statement by a nursing student indicates the need for further teaching?

The nursing process requires rigorous application of research methods.

Research subjects in a study of body image after mastectomy will complete a questionnaire about body image after surgery. Which assumption would the researcher likely make when conducting this study?

Subjects will be able to describe a personal awareness of body image

Statements that will be scientifically tested as part of a research study are called:

Hypotheses

A study that analyzes the effect of exercise on diabetes control among Native American children with type II diabetes would most credibly be generalizable to which population?

Native American children with type I diabetes

To evaluate data collection methodology prior to conducting a large scale study, a researcher might carry out a smaller scale study. This smaller scale study is known as a:

Pilot study

The nurse researcher is developing a study to examine the effects of asthma education on missed school days among grade school children. When defining the research problem in the proposal, the nurse will discuss:

Statistics about the number of school days missed by children with asthma

Which portion of a research report would the nurse initially read to get an overview of the study?

Abstract

The section of a research report that describes the purpose of a research study will include:

What relationships among key variables will be examined

A researcher conducts a review of relevant literature prior to developing a research study in order to:

Identify what is known and unknown about a particular problem

In a qualitative study to describe stages of grief, the researcher asks parents who have lost a child to cancer to describe their experiences with grief at specific time intervals after their children's deaths. Which assumption will the researcher make?

Study subjects understand the concept of grief

How is theory tested in quantitative research?

Relationships among concepts are tested

An operational definition of a variable or concept ensures that the variable or concept will be:

Measured or manipulated

In a research proposal, when describing a research design, the researcher would include:

Methods for measurement of variables

Prior to initiating a large scale research study, the researcher conducts a small scale study using similar subjects, methods, instruments, measurements, and analysis. This is done in order to:

Determine the quality of the study components

The methodology portion of the research report is used to:

Describe the study design

When the researcher describes the population of a study, the research consumer understands that this represents:

All people who meet inclusion criteria for the study

When a researcher describes an instrument as being valid, this indicates that the instrument:

Accurately measures a variable

When noting the limitations of a research study, the nurse might make which observation?

Findings could not be generalized to a population not included in the study

The purpose of a study abstract is to:

Summarize a study concisely and capture the reader's attention

In a study about concussion recovery in high school football players, which statement would be part of the introduction?

The purpose of this study was to determine average length of recovery time after a first concussion

If a nurse wishes to critically appraise a study's sampling criteria and measurement tools, the nurse will read which part of the study report?

Methods

To learn whether there is a statistically significant difference between the control group and the experimental group in a study, the nurse would review which section of the research report?

Results

To help determine the relevance of a study to practice, it is recommended that the reviewer read which two sections of the study initially?

Abstract, discussion

The author of a research report describes the research problem in order to:

Identify gaps in knowledge

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