Chapter 3 Introduction to Quantitative Research

Question 1

What type of research is the exploration and description of phenomena in real life situations

Answer 1

Descriptive reasearch

Question 2

What type of research Involves the systematic investigation of relationships between or among variables

Answer 2

Correlational research

Question 3

What indicates that the variables both increase or decrease together

Answer 3

A positive relationship

Question 4

What indicates that the variables vary in opposite directions

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A negative relationship

Question 5

What is the objective and systematic study of cause and effect relationships are examined by using numerical means to determine whether manipulating one variable affects other variables

Answer 5

Quasi-Experimental research

Question 6

What is the type of research that is objective systematic and a highly controlled investigation of the cause-and-effect relationships

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Experimental research

Question 7

What is the manipulated variable also known as

Answer 7

The independent variable

Question 8

What is the variable subjected t controlled manipulation of the manipulated variable

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The dependent variable

Question 9

Before research results are considered dependable the same hypothesis should be retested in a subsequent study called a

Answer 9

Replication study

Question 10

What type of research aims to increase knowledge or understanding of the fundamental aspect of phenomena and of observable facts without specific application in mind

Answer 10

Basic research

Question 11

What is the type of research in the health sciences that creates knowledge that will improve health lengthen life and decrease illness and disability

Answer 11

Applied research

Question 12

What is the striving for excellence in research which requires discipline, adherence to detail, consistency and precision

Answer 12

Rigor

Question 13

What are the rules used to achieve control in research

Answer 13

Design

Question 14

What involves the imposing of rules by researchers to decrease the possibility of error thereby increasing the probability that the study findings are an accurate reflection of reality

Answer 14

Control

Question 15

What is a variable that is not the focus of a study but can make the variable appear more or less powerful than it really is

Answer 15

Extraneous variables

Question 16

What is the extent to which a research controls for the effects of extraneous variable in the study design

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Internal validity

Question 17

What is the slanting of findings away from what is true or accurate

Answer 17

bias

Question 18

What is the loss of study subjects also known as

Answer 18

Attrition

Question 19

What is the detailed development of a quality intervention and the consistent implementation of the intervention

Answer 19

Intervention fidelity

Question 20

What is an area in which there is a gap in nursing’s knowledge base

Answer 20

Research problem

Question 21

What is generated from the problem and identifies the specific focus for the study

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Research purpose

Question 22

What is the term to which abstract meaning is attached

Answer 22

Concepts

Question 23

The combination of concepts and connections between them is called

Answer 23

Framework

Question 24

What explains the connections between two concepts

Answer 24

A relational statement (proposition)

Question 25

What is used to explain the concepts of various studies

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Theory

Question 26

What are concepts at various levels to be examined in a study

Answer 26

Variables

Question 27

What are variables with theoretical meaning

Answer 27

Conceptual definition

Question 28

What indicates how a variable be measured manipulated and controlled in a study

Answer 28

Operational definition

Question 29

What provides a blueprint for maximizing control over factors that could interfere with a study’s desired outcome

Answer 29

Research design

Question 30

What is the process of asssigning numbers to objects in accord with some rule

Answer 30

Measurement

Question 31

What assess how consistently the measurement technique measures a concept

Answer 31

Reliability

Question 32

What is the extent to which it actually reflects the abstract concept being examined

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Validity

Question 33

The reduction organization and statistical testing of information obtained in the data collection phase

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Data analysis

Question 34

What the study results from the data analyses that are translated and interpreted

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Findings

Question 35

What aspects of the study decrease the generalizability of the findings

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Limitations