1.

Why is it important to
understand the philosophy
underlying each type of
research? *

B. The research method that best

meets intended purpose of the
study should be used.

2. Which question will critique 1/1

the sampling of a research
project?

C. Are the informants who were

chosen appropriate to inform the
research?

3. What are scientific criteria

appropriate for qualitative
research? Select all that apply.

A. Auditability
B. Credibility
C. Fittingness

4. What is meant by the

"fittingness"
of a research
study?*

C. Faithfulness to everyday reality,

of the participants

5. How can qualitative outcome1/1

analysis be used? Select

B. To confirm the applicability of

clinical strategies
C. To develop interventions and
then test those selected
D. To build theory
6. Which question is helpful in
determining the study's
credibility? *
1/1
A. Do the participants recognize
the experience as their own?

7. Which one of the following

statements about hypotheses
is most accurate?

B. Hypotheses help frame a test

of the validity of a theory.

8. A nurse wants to study the

effectiveness of meditation on
1/1
people with anxiety disorder.
Which variable would be most
relevant to explore in the
literature on this topic?

B. Meditation techniques found

to be effective

9. What is a characteristic of an 1/1

independent variable?

C. It is manipulated by the
researcher.

10. When should a hypothesis

be developed by the
researcher during the research
process?*

B. After development of the

research question

11. When will a null hypothesis

be rejected?
C. The independent and
dependent variables are related.

12. The following are

considered steps in the
qualitative research process,
except?*
B. Hypothesis

13. Which type of research

allows researchers to be
neutral observers? *
C. Quantitative research

14. Which type of research

study can be affected by
detracting values of the
researcher?

O A. Qualitative X
B. Naturalistic X
C. Ethnographic X

15. Which of the following is an 1/1

example of a primary source in
a research study? *

D. A journal article about a study

that used large, previously
unpublished databases
generated by the United States
census

16. What is the first step in the

1/1
qualitative research process?
*
C. Review of literature

17. Which statement best

describes qualitative research?
Select all that apply. *
A. Studies are conducted in
natural settings.

D. The research design is

systematic and subjective.

18. Which of the following

phrases would be found in a
report of a qualitative study?

D.
"Subjects were asked to relate
their perceptions of pain?"

19. Which of the following

phrases would be found in a
report of a quantitative study?
A
"A convenience sample was
chosen?"

20. For which of the following

research questions would
qualitative methods be most
appropriate?*
1/1

B. What is the meaning of health

for migrant farm-worker women?

21. In this arrangement, without 1/1

a comparison group, subjects
are presented with some type
of treatment, and then the
outcome measure is applied. *
B. One Shot Case Study

23. In this design, there is

inclusion of a pretest to
determine baseline scores,
however, there's absence of a
comparison group, we cannot
say if this change would have
occurred even without the
application of the treatment or
independent variable.
*
A. One Group Pretest Posttest
Study

24. In this design, Data on the

dependent variable are
collected only once- after
random assignment is
completed and the
experimental treatment has
been introduced *

C. Posttest- Only Controlled

Group Designs

25. All are characteristics of a

good sample except

B. Allows substituting the original

sample for convenience

26. Is one in which each

member of the population has
an equal chance of being
selected. *
A. Probability Sample

29. What type of question is

shown below?
C. Multiple choice

31. What type of question is

shown below? *
1/1
31. How old are you?
•
A. Completion Type- Numerical
32. What type of question is
shown below? *
32. Explain what research is.
B. Completion- Understanding

33. Usually conducted by

inviting six to ten people to
gather for a few hours with a
trained moderator to talk about
a product, service or
organization
B. Focus group

34. In observation, all aspects

of the phenomenon that seems
relevant to the problem at hand
1/1
is observed by the researcher.

A. Structured

37. Can be used to collect large 1/1

amounts of information at a
low cost per respondent. *

B. Email/Mail

38. Involves the direct/indirect 1/1

observation of variables
attributed to the normative
function of systems and
subsystems of the human body

A. Psychological Tests X
B. Structured Observation X
C. Unstructured interview X

39. The researcher specifies in 1/1

details what is to be observed
and how the measurements
are to be recorded, Data
collection occurs without
direct involvement of the
researcher with the
participants. *

B. Structured Observation

40. Commonly used in

behavioral sciences It is the
gathering of primary data by
investigator's own direct
observation of relevant people,
actions and situations without
asking from the respondent.
A. Observation

42. Saretsky correlated

Compensatory rivalry to this
effect in honor of the steel
driver who, upon learning that
his output was being
compared with that of a steam
drill.
*
D. John henry effect

45. Subjects choose from a

range of possible responses to
a specific question or
statement; responses typically
include
"strongly agree,
39
"agree,
" "neutral," "disagree,
91
and "strongly disagree
»*
A. Likert Scale

44. is a rating scale that can

measure respondent attitudes
towards ideas, concepts, items,
people, and events. It simply
asks where the respondent's
position is on a scale between
two bipolar adjectives.
C. Semantic differential

46. Type of data which have

already been collected and
analyzed by someone else. *
1/1

B. Secondary
47. All, except one, are sources 1/1
of secondary data. *

C. Personal Interview with a

PTSD patient

48. Refers to the degree to

which an assessment
instrument is relevant to, and
representative of, the targeted
construct it is designed to
measure.
A. Content Validity

49. is a simple form of validity

where you apply a superficial
and subjective assessment of
whether or not your study or
test measures what it is
supposed to measure.
B. Face validity

50. is the degree to which a

test measures what it claims, or
purports, to be measuring.

D. Construct validity