Test bank 5

Question 1

A characteristic of qualitative research data is that they are what?

a. In text form
b. Dichotomous
c. Free of patterns
d. Inappropriate for analysis

Answer 1

a. In text form

Question 2

A nurse researcher who is considering whether to use a qualitative research design
should be aware that the focus of qualitative research is what?
a. Measuring one or more human characteristics
b. Controlling variables that interfere with the phenomenon being studied
c. Viewing human beings as composites of many body systems
d. Studying human experiences that occur within a person’s natural setting

Answer 2

d. Studying human experiences that occur within a person’s natural setting

Question 3

The determining factor for a researcher in selecting a qualitative research approach
should be what?
a. The need to test a theory
b. The nature of the research question
c. The age and gender of the research participants
d. The availability of valid instruments to measure the phenomenon

Answer 3

b. The nature of the research question

Question 4

Which of these terms is synonymous with paradigm?

a. Empiricism
b. Worldview
c. Holism
d. Viewpoint

Answer 4

b. Worldview

Question 5

In which of these circumstances should a nurse researcher select a qualitative research
design instead of a quantitative design?
a. The time for data collection is limited.
b. The research question is clinical in nature.
c. The goal is to view the phenomenon in the same way as those who experience it.
d. The researcher is a novice with minimal experience in scientific problem solving.

Answer 5

c. The goal is to view the phenomenon in the same way as those who experience it.

Question 6

Which research topic would most likely be studied through a qualitative research
approach?
a. The meaning of health and health promotion among low-income Southern rural
women.
b. Changes in hope and coping in older adults during rehabilitation after hip fracture.
c. Exercise effects on fatigue and emotional distress during radiation therapy for
breast cancer.
d. Older adults and HIV/AIDS: The relationship of perceived risk and willingness to
interact with individuals with HIV/AIDS.

Answer 6

a. The meaning of health and health promotion among low-income Southern rural
women.

Question 7

A nurse’s research question is, “What is the grief experience of women older than 30
years from rural Mexico who have a late-stage pregnancy loss?” Which aspect of the question
represents the study’s context?
a. Late-stage pregnancy loss
b. Women older than 30 years
c. Grief experience
d. Rural Mexico

Answer 7

d. Rural Mexico

Question 8

Which aim of research is characteristic of or appropriate for qualitative research
methods?
a. Control
b. Prediction
c. Explanation
d. Understanding

Answer 8

d. Understanding

Question 9

Which research study characteristic would be inappropriate for qualitative methods?

a. Testing a new hypothesis
b. Using an intensive approach to data collection
c. Employing inductive analysis of the data
d. Examining individual responses to a nonmodifiable situation

Answer 9

a. Testing a new hypothesis

Question 10

How is the number of subjects for participation determined for a qualitative study?
a. Data are collected from new subjects until data saturation is reached.
b. The number of subjects is the number available at a specific location.
c. The number of subjects is the number available within the researcher’s specified
time frame.
d. A power analysis of data collected in a pilot study is used to determine the number.

Answer 10

a. Data are collected from new subjects until data saturation is reached.

Question 11

Which description is typical of a qualitative research study?

a. Deductive reasoning is used.
b. Truth is a subject’s perception of reality.
c. Sample size is determined before the study begins.
d. One or more variables are measured in a context-free setting.

Answer 11

b. Truth is a subject’s perception of reality.

Question 12

How does the nurse researcher know when data saturation has been reached?
a. When the participants all agree on the themes derived from the study
b. When the ideas or information coming from new participants have been expressed
previously by other participants
c. When the emerging themes are congruent with those developed as a result of
previous studies of the same phenomenon
d. When the participants are no longer interested or willing to discuss their
experiences or feelings

Answer 12

b. When the ideas or information coming from new participants have been expressed
previously by other participants

Question 13

A nurse reads a qualitative study concerning the grief process. Later, the nurse explains
to a grieving widow that grief is a process and that many others have successfully made their way
through the process. The nurse is using which clinical application of research?
a. Insight or empathy
b. Assessment of status or progress
c. Anticipatory guidance
d. Coaching

Answer 13

c. Anticipatory guidance

Question 14

The findings of a qualitative research study describe the main essence of an experience
but also show how the experience varies, depending on the individual or context. These results fall
into which of Kearney’s categories of qualitative research findings?
a. Restricted by a priori frameworks
b. Descriptive categories
c. Shared pathway or meaning
d. Description of experiential variation

Answer 14

d. Description of experiential variation

Question 15

Which type of clinical application of qualitative research would help a nurse describe
the trajectory of an illness?
a. Insight or empathy
b. Assessment of status or progress
c. Anticipatory guidance
d. Coaching

Answer 15

b. Assessment of status or progress

Question 16

Which of Kearney’s categories of qualitative findings describes a phenomenon
portrayed vividly from a new perspective?
a. Restricted by a priori frameworks
b. Descriptive categories
c. Shared pathway or meaning
d. Depiction of experiential variation

Answer 16

b. Descriptive categories

Question 17

Which of Kearney’s categories of qualitative findings describes a synthesis of a shared
experience or process or integration of concepts that provides a complex picture of a phenomenon?
a. Restricted by a priori frameworks
b. Descriptive categories
c. Shared pathway or meaning
d. Depiction of experiential variation

Answer 17

c. Shared pathway or meaning

Question 18

A description of how adolescent girls recovering from addiction to prescription
narcotics might or might not move forward to create a new life is an example of which of
Kearney’s category of qualitative findings?
a. Restricted by a priori frameworks
b. Descriptive categories
c. Shared pathway or meaning
d. Depiction of experiential variation

Answer 18

d. Depiction of experiential variation

Question 19

An older adult’s description of pain, including descriptors, attributed causes, and what
constitutes good care during a painful episode, would be an example of which category of
qualitative findings?
a. Restricted by a priori frameworks
b. Descriptive categories
c. Shared pathway or meaning
d. Depiction of experiential variation

Answer 19

b. Descriptive categories

Question 20

Computer management of qualitative data can assist a nurse researcher with which of
these processes?
a. Organization of data
b. Interpretation of data
c. Credibility of data
d. Synthesis of data

Answer 20

a. Organization of data