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NRES UNIT TEST 1. A study aims to determine whether a new 6. In a study on nursing burnout, some intervention improves pain management participants leave before the study is among surgical patients. What type of completed. This is an example of which research purpose does t...

NRES UNIT TEST 1. A study aims to determine whether a new 6. In a study on nursing burnout, some intervention improves pain management participants leave before the study is among surgical patients. What type of completed. This is an example of which research purpose does this study serve? threat to internal validity? A. Exploratory A. Maturation B. Descriptive B. Attrition C. Explanatory C. Testing D. Predictive D. Instrumentation 2. A researcher records patients' pain levels 7. A hypothesis states that increased hand on a scale from 0 to 10. What level of hygiene measurement is this? compliance reduces hospital-acquired A. Nominal infections. Which type of hypothesis is this? B. Ordinal A. Null hypothesis C. Interval B. Alternative hypothesis D. Ratio C. Directional hypothesis D. Nondirectional hypothesis 3. In a study examining the effects of a new medication on blood pressure, what type of 8. According to levels of evidence variable is blood pressure? hierarchies, which type of study provides A. Independent the strongest evidence? B. Dependent A. Case-control studies C. Control B. Randomized controlled trials D. Extraneous C. Cohort studies D. Descriptive studies 4. A nursing researcher is using phenomenology to understand patient 9. A nursing researcher provides potential experiences with chronic illness. This participants with detailed information about approach is consistent with which research the study's purpose and their rights before paradigm? they agree to participate. This process is A. Positivist known as: B. Constructivist A. Debriefing C. Quantitative B. Informed consent D. Experimental C. Voluntary participation D. Risk assessment 5. A researcher selects every fifth patient from a list of hospital admissions to 10. If a researcher uses both surveys and participate in a study. What type of sampling interviews to collect data, this is an example is this? of: A. Simple random sampling A. Method triangulation B. Stratified sampling B. Investigator triangulation C. Systematic sampling C. Theory triangulation D. Cluster sampling D. Source triangulation NRES UNIT TEST 11. Which type of validity examines whether D. Outline the sample demographics an instrument measures the concept it is intended to measure? 17. In a correlational study, which of the A. Content validity following cannot be established? B. — validity A. Causation C. Construct validity B. Association D. Internal validity C. Relationship strength D. Direction of association 12. Which type of research design is best suited for exploring the lived experiences of 18. Which source is most likely to guide the patients with chronic illness? identification of a clinical research problem? A. Phenomenological A. Clinical practice observations B. Experimental B. Experimental data C. Cross-sectional C. Literature review D. Longitudinal D. Government guidelines 13. A researcher uses t-tests to analyze 19. If a study fails to reject the null differences in blood pressure between two hypothesis, what does this indicate? groups. What type of analysis is this? A. The study's findings are insignificant A. Descriptive analysis B. The alternative hypothesis is B. Inferential analysis supported C. Exploratory analysis C. The results show strong correlation D. Predictive analysis D. The null hypothesis remains plausible 14. Which qualitative data analysis approach focuses on identifying themes 20, type of research focuses on applying within narrative data? findings from research into real-world A. Content analysis practice settings? B. Statistical analysis A. Basic research C. Deductive analysis B. Translational research D. Cohort analysis C. Observational research D. Phenomenological research 15. What is the most common source of bias in a case -control study? 21. A researcher wants to select a sample A. Confounding of nurses from a hospital with 300 staff B. Selection bias members for a study on job satisfaction. To C. Maturation ensure each nurse has an equal chance of D. Instrumentation bias being chosen, the researcher assigns each nurse a number and uses a random number 16. The primary purpose of a literature generator to pick participants. What type of review in a research study is to: sampling method is the researcher using? A. Present study results A. Systematic Sampling B. Define study variables B. Simple Random Sampling C. Establish theoretical foundations C. Stratified Sampling NRES UNIT TEST D. Cluster Sampling B. Cluster Sampling C. Multi-Stage Sampling 22. In a study about patient care practices, D. Quota Sampling a nurse researcher selects every fifth nurse from the staff roster after randomly starting 26. For a quick survey on new patient care with the third name on the list. Which guidelines, a researcher selects nurses who sampling method is being used? are on duty during the morning shift. What A. Convenience Sampling type of sampling is being used? B. Stratified Sampling A. Systematic Sampling C. Systematic Sampling B. Convenience Sampling D. Snowball Sampling C. Stratified Sampling D. Purposive Sampling 23. A researcher is conducting a study on nursing burnout and wants to ensure 27. In a study on pediatric care, a representation from all departments: researcher specifically selects nurses who Pediatrics, ICU, and General Medicine. specialize in pediatric nursing to gain She divides the nursing staff based on in-depth insights. Which sampling method departments and then randomly selects does this represent? participants from each group. Which A. Simple Random Sampling sampling method does this describe? B. Purposive Sampling A. Cluster Sampling C. Quota Sampling B. Stratified Sampling D. Stratified Sampling C. Purposive Sampling D. Simple Random Sampling 28. A researcher studying nursing competencies in various age groups sets a 24. A national nursing study is being target of 20 nurses under 30 years old, 30 conducted to evaluate job satisfaction nurses aged 31-50, and 20 nurses over 50. across hospitals in different states. The Which sampling method is this? researcher first randomly selects hospitals A. Simple Random Sampling in several states, then randomly selects B. Quota Sampling nurses within those hospitals. What C. Systematic Sampling sampling method is this? D. Purposive Sampling A. Systematic Sampling B. Cluster Sampling 29. A researcher studying coping C. Snowball Sampling mechanisms of nurses working in D. Quota Sampling high-stress areas (e.g., ICU and ER) initially interviews known nurses in these areas, 25. A research team studying nurses' who then refer other colleagues for the mental health during pandemics selects study. What type of sampling method is states at random, then selects hospitals being used? within each state, and finally selects A. Purposive Sampling individual nurses within those hospitals. B. Convenience Sampling What sampling method is this? C. Snowball Sampling A. Simple Random Sampling D. Cluster Sampling NRES UNIT TEST 30. In a hospital-wide survey about infection control practices, a nurse researcher wants every member of the nursing staff to have an equal probability of selection. Which sampling method would be most appropriate? A. Cluster Sampling B. Stratified Sampling C. Simple Random Sampling D. Purposive Sampling