CH6: Research Problems, Research Questions, and Hypotheses Flashcards
What is a research problem?
A) Situation involving an enigmatic or disturbing
situation amenable to disciplined inquiry
B) Articulation of the problem and description of
the need for a study through the development
of an argument
C) Specific queries researchers want to answer in
addressing the problem
D) Specific accomplishments that will be
achieved by conducting the study
A) Situation involving an enigmatic or disturbing
situation amenable to disciplined inquiry
The nature of the research question is closely
allied to paradigms. What is the focus of
research questions for a quantitative study?
A) Undertaken because some aspect of a
phenomenon is poorly understood
B) Developed within a rich and context bound
understanding of the problem
C) Initiated to heighten awareness and create a
dialogue about a phenomenon
D) Identified major variables in the study and
populations under investigation are present.
D) Identified major variables in the study and
populations under investigation are present.
Which is correct about the research question
“What is the decision making process
who decide to assist terminally ill patients to die?”
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) Most likely to be addressed using a qualitative
approach
Where is the nurse likely to have difficulty
getting an idea for research problems?
A) Theories of conceptual frameworks
B) Clinical experience
C) Nursing code of ethics
D) Nursing literature
C) Nursing code of ethics
Which is not considered in determining the
feasibility of a research question?
A) Cooperation of participants
B) Ethical concerns
C) Relevant theories
D) Researcher experience
C) Relevant theories
Researchers communicate their aims as
problem statements, statements of purpose,
research questions, or hypotheses. What are
hypotheses?
A) Essential to the conduct of respectable
scientific enquiry
B) Needed only when there is an explicit
theoretical framework
C) Useful in giving direction to quantitative
studies
D) Not appropriate for many nursing research
studies
C) Useful in giving direction to quantitative
studies
“Women who jog regularly are more likely to
have amenorrhea than those who do not jog
regularly” is an example of what type of
hypothesis?
A) Null
C) Directional
D) Nondirectional
C) Directional
What is a moderator variable?
A) Affect the strength or direction of a
relationship between independent variables
B) Affect the strength or direction of a
relationship between the independent and
dependent variables
C) Intervene between the independent and
dependent variable
D) Help to explain why the relationship exists
B) Affect the strength or direction of a
relationship between the independent and
dependent variables
What is a complex hypothesis?
A) Predicted relationship between one
independent variable and one dependent
variable
B) Predicted direction of the relationship
C) Anticipated existence of relationships, not
their direction
D) Anticipated relationship between two
independent variables and two dependent
variables
D) Anticipated relationship between two
independent variables and two dependent
variables
What is the type of hypothesis for “a person’s
emotional status is not affected by relocation
to a nursing home”?
A) Directional
B) Nondirectional
C) Research
D) Null
D) Null
Researchers communicate their aims as
problem statements, statements of purpose,
research questions, or hypotheses. What is the
statement of purpose?
A) Summarizes the overall study goal.
B) Specific query researchers want to answer in
addressing the research problem.
C) Articulate the nature, context, and
significance of the problem.
D) between
two or more variables.
A) Summarizes the overall study goal.
The registered nurse knows that which is
correct about hypotheses in research reports?
A) Hypotheses derived from theory are generally
nondirectional in wording.
B) Hypotheses are more abstract than purpose
statements.
C) Qualitative research proceeds with
hypotheses.
D) Hypotheses must express the expected
relationship among at least three variables.
B) Hypotheses are more abstract than purpose
statements.
Researchers communicate their aims as
problem statements, statements of purpose,
research questions, or hypotheses. What does
“subjects receiving antiemetic therapy by a
patient controlled pump will be less
nauseous” represent?
A) Hypothesis
B) Problem statement
C) Statement of purpose
D) Research question
A) Hypothesis
What type of hypothesis is represented by the
statement “the fewer social supports an
elderly person has, the more likely the
individual will be institutionalized.”?
A) Directional
B) Nondirectional
C) Research
D) Null
A) Directional
What type of hypothesis is represented by the
statement “women who smoke are as likely to
have low-birth-weight babies as women who
do not”?
A) Directional
B) Nondirectional
D) Null
D) Null
