CH3: Key Concepts and Steps in Quantitative and Qualitative Research Flashcards
A pediatric RN undertakes a study of the
effect of low birth weight on infants’ cognitive
development. A developmental psychologist
collaborates on the study. A second RN helps
by recruiting families into the study. A
graduate student is asked to give statistical
advice in analyzing the data. This is an
example of what type of study?
A) Multisite research
B) Qualitative research
C) Funded research
D) Collaborative Research
D) Collaborative Research
Which term is not used by qualitative
researchers to refer to people who participate
in a study?
A) Informants
B) Key informants
C) Study participants
D) Subjects
D) Subjects
Which term is used by both qualitative and quantitative researchers to refer to the abstractions under study?
A) Concept
B) Construct
C) Phenomenon
D) Variable
A) Concept
The RN is reading a research article. The
article talks about constructs. Which would
most likely be called a construct?
A) Gender
B) Body temperature
C) Uncertainty in illness
D) Blood type
C) Uncertainty in illness
What is the dependent variable(s) in the research question Is the quality of life of nursing home residents affected by their functional ability or hearing acuity?
A) Quality of life
B) Functional ability
C) Hearing acuity
D) Nursing home residents
A) Quality of life
What is the independent variable in the hypothesis Baccalaureate degree prepared nurses will practice more rehabilitative nursing measures on a client in an ICU than will associate degree prepared nurses?
A) Associate degree prepared nurses
B) Baccalaureate degree prepared nurses
C) Rehabilitative nursing measures
D) Type of educational background of nurses
D) Type of educational background of nurses
What is the purpose of an operational definition in a quantitative study?
A) State the theoretical meaning of the concept.
B) Specify how a variable will be defined and measured.
C) State the expected relationship between the variables under investigation.
D) Designate the conceptual underpinnings of the variable.
B) Specify how a variable will be defined and measured.
Which is a datum from a quantitative study of the labor and delivery experiences of women over age 40?
A) Length of time in labor
B) 107 ounces
C) Infant’s Apgar score
D) Vaginal versus cesarean delivery
B) 107 ounces
Which is a datum from a qualitative research study on the labor and delivery experiences of women over age 40?
A) 14.6 hours in labor
B) 60-minute interviews 1 day after delivery
C) “It was a lot more painful than I ever imagined.”
D) 15 women with a vaginal delivery
C) “It was a lot more painful than I ever imagined.”
Which pair of variables is there most likely to be a relationship that could be described as causal?
A) Degree of physical activity and heart rate
B) Stress and coping style
C) Age and health beliefs
D) Parity and postpartum depression
A) Degree of physical activity and heart rate
What is the basic distinction in quantitative studies?
A) Quantitative and qualitative research
B) Empirical and nonempirical research
C) Experimental and nonexperimental research
D) Population-based and sample-based research
C) Experimental and nonexperimental research
Which is widely used by quantitative nurse researchers?
A) Ask research questions
B) Phenomenological
C) Ethnographic
D) Grounded theory
A) Ask research questions
What is the research tradition that focuses on understanding phenomena within a cultural context?
A) Experimental
B) Phenomenological
C) Ethnographic
D) Grounded theory
C) Ethnographic
What is the research tradition that is an approach to understanding people’s life experiences?
A) Experimental
B) Phenomenological
C) Ethnographic
D) Grounded theory
B) Phenomenological
What is the statement of the researcher’s expectations or predictions about relationships among study variables?
A) Hypothesis
B) Framework
C) Research question
D) Conceptual definition
A) Hypothesis
