Graduate Research Seminar in Nursing
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Course Introduction
The Graduate Research Seminar in Nursing is designed to provide advanced nursing students with the opportunity to critically analyze current research, develop scholarly inquiry skills, and refine their own research proposals. Through a combination of seminars, presentations, peer review, and faculty-guided discussions, students explore methodological approaches, ethical considerations, and recent trends in nursing research. Emphasis is placed on integrating theoretical frameworks with evidence-based practice, fostering collaboration, and preparing students for dissemination of research findings in academic and professional settings.
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Reading Understanding and Applying Nursing Research 4th Edition by James A. Fain
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Nursing Research
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Q1) When a researcher uses a qualitative and quantitative approach to collecting data, this is referred to as:
A) scientific integrity.
B) scientific rigor.
C) triangulation.
D) ways of knowing.
Answer: C
Q2) Knowledge is information acquired in a variety of different ways. Methods used to acquire this knowledge are referred to as:
A) scientific integrity.
B) scientific rigor.
C) triangulation.
D) ways of knowing.
Answer: D
Q3) Quantitative research uses the following methods of data collection except: A) surveys.
B) questionnaires.
C) participant observation.
D) psychosocial instruments.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Understanding the Research Process and Ethical Issues in Nursing Research
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Q1) A researcher designs an experiment to test how variables interact to influence how well children learn. The main purpose of this study is:
A) description.
B) explanation.
C) influence.
D) prediction.
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following statements is not true of an Institutional Review Board (IRB)?
A) An IRB assures that researchers do not engage in unethical behavior.
B) All IRB members must have an affiliation with the institution.
C) An IRB can use an expedited review process where there are minimal risks.
D) Certain types of research are exempt from the IRB process.
Answer: B
Q3) Individuals who provide data in a research study are often referred to as the: A) population.
B) data points.
C) coding plan.
D) sample.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Understanding Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) A conscientious, explicit use of best evidence in making decisions about care is often termed:
A) evidence databases.
B) evidence-based medicine.
C) evidence guidelines.
D) best evidence guidelines.
Answer: B
Q2) One of the largest biomedical research literature databases is:
A) MEDLINE.
B) MD Consult.
C) CANCERLIT.
D) InfoPOEMS.
Answer: A
Q3) The term _is often referred to as a delay in using research findings in practice.
A) systematic reviews
B) research-practice gap
C) evidence-based practice
D) evidence database
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Selecting and Defining a Problem
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Q1) A statement that clearly describes the problem, makes a case for why it needs to be investigated, and often culminates by having the researcher articulate the problem in question form is found in what section of a research proposal?
A) theoretical rationale
B) definition of terms
C) problem statement
D) methods
Q2) Journals that determine acceptance of manuscripts based on peer review are referred to as a:
A) scientific journal.
B) theoretical journal.
C) referred journal.
D) electronic journal.
Q3) Which of the following statements best describes the problem statement, "To what extent do health practices influence the health of American citizens?"
A) acceptable as stated
B) not a research problem because it addresses a moral issue
C) not acceptable as stated because it leads an independent variable
D) not acceptable because of the vagueness of concepts stated
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Chapter 5: Applying Appropriate Theories and Conceptual Models
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Q1) The nurse-theorist Sr. Callista Roy is associated with what grand theory?
A) Patient-Centered Approach to Nursing
B) Theory of Human Becoming
C) Health as Expanding Consciousness
D) Adaptation Model
Q2) What form of reasoning is the process of drawing a specific conclusion from a set of premises?
A) rationalism
B) deductive
C) inductive
D) probabilistic
Q3) Which of the following is characteristic of good theory or explanation?
A) It is parsimonious.
B) It is testable.
C) It is general enough to apply to more than one person, place, or situation.
D) all of the above
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Chapter 6: Formulating Hypotheses and Research
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Q1) Identify the independent variable in the following hypothesis: "Adults in an overweight group will have lower health responsibility scores compared to those in a normal weight group."
A) health responsibility
B) adults
C) overweight group versus normal weight group
D) none of the above
Q2) When p < 0.05 is reported in a journal article, it means the author has rejected the null hypothesis (assuming the author is using a significance level of 0.05).
Formulating Hypotheses and Research Questions
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following statement is in the form of a null hypothesis?
A) The child has a learning disability.
B) There is a correlation between smoking and lung function.
C) There is no difference between males and females on the variable quality of life.
D) There is a positive relationship between grades and time spent studying.
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Chapter 7: Selecting the Sample and Setting
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Q1) Individuals who are available and volunteer as subjects in a research study are used in the sampling method called:
A) convenience.
B) cluster.
C) random.
D) stratified.
Q2) Which sampling method is the best way to select a group of subjects if you are interested in making statements about the larger population?
A) convenience
B) cluster
C) random
D) stratified
Q3) Which of the following is not a form of nonrandom sampling?
A) snowball sampling
B) convenience sampling
C) purposive sampling
D) All are forms of nonrandom sampling.
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Chapter 8: Principles of Measurement
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Q1) Test-retest reliability focuses on the _of an instrument.
A) stability
B) accuracy
C) truth
D) correctness
Q2) Which of the following is not a type of reliability?
A) test-retest
B) split-half
C) content
D) internal consistency
Q3) Cronbach's alpha is used to determine which of the following instrument attributes?
A) stability
B) internal consistency
C) construct validity
D) sensitivity
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Chapter 9: Data Collection Methods
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Q1) When data has been originally collected at an earlier time by a different person for a different purpose, this is often referred to as:
A) primary data.
B) experimental data.
C) field notes.
D) secondary data.
Q2) A question during an interview such as, "Why do you feel that way," is called a _____.
A) response set bias
B) probe
C) semantic differential
D) contingency question
Q3) Which of the following is true concerning observations?
A) It takes less time than self-report measures.
B) It costs less money than self-report measures.
C) It is often not possible to determine exactly why people behave the way they do.
D) all of the above
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Chapter 10: Analyzing Data
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Q1) The standard deviation is:
A) the square root of the variance.
B) a measure of variability.
C) an approximate indicator how numbers vary from the mean.
D) all of the above
Q2) The _is the value you calculate when you want the arithmetic average.
A) mean
B) median
C) mode
D) all of the above
Q3) _is the set of procedures used to explain or predict the values of a dependent variable based on values of one or more independent variables.
A) Regression analysis
B) Regression coefficient
C) Regression equation
D) Regression line
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