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A family planning clinic nurse includes information on sexually transmitted disease prevention when distributing information on family planning. The nurse’s assumption that the participants are sexually active is referred to as a(n) ________ assumption.

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universal

theoretical

commonsense

experimental

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A nurse’s research question is not addressed in the research literature, and not much is known about the phenomenon of interest. The nurse’s study will first include some qualitative questions to better understand how to group patients for later data analysis. The research approach described in this scenario is BEST described as:

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exploratory.

descriptive.

explanatory.

laboratory.

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The research question, “Does aromatherapy decrease nausea in cancer patients prior to chemotherapy?” is an example of what type of quantitative study?

Question 3 options:

Quasi-experimental design

True experimental design

Pre-experimental design

Non-experimental design

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Research that aims to solve a problem with objective data is considered _________research.

Question 4 options:

quantitative

mixed method

outcomes

qualitative

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Addressing the problem of deaths during heat waves, Gupta et al. (2012) reported a summary of research in the Cochrane Library, in which they reviewed published and unpublished literature on the impact of using electric fans and ambient temperature during heat waves. Participants were randomly assigned to either a fan group or a no-fan group. Ambient temperature was measured at two time points-before and after using the electric fan (or a similar time point for group members not using an electric fan). This research scenario could be BEST described as employing a(n) ________ research design.

Question 5 options:

pre-test post-test control group

post-test-only control group

Solomon four-group

quasi-experimental

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As a nurse decides whether a research study will be quantitative or qualitative and whether it will be experimental or non-experimental, the nurse is engaged in the process of:

Question 6 options:

specifying a hypothesis.

selecting a research design.

specifying a population.

defining variables.

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While planning a research study, a nurse first addresses what will be studied, which is also referred to as the ________. The nurse next describes rationale for why the study should be done, which is also referred to as the ________.

Question 7 options:

theory statement; research statement

research problem; theory statement

purpose statement; research statement

research question; purpose statement

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An oncology nurse is interested in researching the effect of backrubs in relieving the back pain associated with a particular form of cancer. Patients are randomly assigned to either the backrub group or the no-backrub group, and they rate their level of pain before and after their chemotherapy treatment. In this scenario, the ________ is the independent variable and the ________ is the dependent variable.

Question 8 options:

pain rating; backrub

backrub; pain rating

chemotherapy; pain rating

pain rating; chemotherapy

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Quantitative research is focused on:

Question 9 options:

objectivity.

subjectivity.

anecdotal information.

constructivism.

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There are many strengths and weaknesses to conducting quantitative research. Below are all strengths to quantitative research EXCEPT:

Question 10 options:

generalizable.

subjective.

experiential.

reliable.

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