Question

select the correct answer

1) Which statement about systematic reviews is true?

a) All systematic reviews of quantitative studies are meta-analyses.

b) “Systematic review” is just another name for a literature review.

c) All systematic reviews of quantitative studies are metasyntheses.

d) Systematic reviews follow similar “rules” as for primary studies.

2) Which is the unit of analysis in a meta-analysis?

a) Prior systematic reviews

b) A primary qualitative study

c) Individual study participants

d) A primary quantitative study

3) In recruiting participants for a study about the experience of coping with a cancer diagnosis, the researcher tells people that the study is about their health beliefs. Which ethical right does this violate?

a) The right to protection from exploitation

b) The right to privacy

c) The right to full disclosure

d) The right to freedom from harm

4) Theories differ in their level of generality and abstraction. What term is used to designate a theory that attempts to explain specific phenomena, such as stress, adaptation, and unpleasant symptoms?

a) Grand theory

b) Descriptive theory

c) Reinforcement theory

d) Middle-range theory

5) Which is true about researchers conducting metasyntheses?

a) They sample primary studies until saturation is achieved.

b) They often conduct original studies on the same topic as the metasynthesis they are conducting.

c) They perform little advance planning, as it is not needed in qualitative research.

d) They use only primary studies from peer-reviewed journals in the analysis.

6) Which issue is of particular importance in determining the implementation potential of the EBP project for the organization?

a) The effectiveness of the innovation

b) The cost–benefit ratio of introducing the innovation

c) Patients' attitude toward the innovation

d) Nurses' attitude toward the innovation

7) Which piece of information is not typically encoded for each primary study in a meta-analysis?

a) Effect sizes

b) Sample size

c) Number of coders

d) Participant characteristics (e.g., mean age)

8) Which argument is used by advocates of EBP?

EBP provides an excellent basis for lobbying for health research funding.

EBP is universally embraced within the health care community.

EBP offers a good framework for self-directed lifelong learning.

EBP promotes the elimination of health disparities.

9) Traditional theories provide a framework for generating:

a) a conceptual model.

b) a descriptive theory

c) hypotheses through deduction.

d) hypotheses through induction.

10) What limits the capacity of the scientific method to answer questions about human experiences and health outcomes?

a) The difficulty of accurately measuring complex human characteristics

b) The shortage of well-trained researchers

c) The scarcity of ideas on what to study

d) The shortage of theories about human behavior

11) Which design decision is at issue when researchers decide what to use as a counterfactual?

a) Deciding how confounding variables will be controlled

b) Deciding on the type of comparison that will be made

c) Deciding where the study will take place

d) Deciding when and how often the data will be collected

12) Which research question is an example of a descriptive question for a quantitative study?

a) Does postpartum depression predict toddlers' temperaments?

b) What is the prevalence of elevated salivary cortisol in adolescents?

c) What is it like to experience sudden confusion?

d) What is the experience of loneliness like among caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease?

13) Research-related risks that are considered no greater than those encountered in normal daily life are:

a) unpredictable.

b) minimal.

c) deceptive.

d) random.

14) A nurse researcher plans a study to compare the occurrence of anxiety disorders in military personnel deployed overseas with those who were never deployed overseas. What research design would the researcher use?

a) A crossover design

b) A nonexperimental design

c) A time-series design

d) A nonequivalent control group design

15) Which is not a standard feature of a true experimental design?

a) Control

b) An intervention

c) A placebo

d) Randomization

Answer 1

Q.1. Option D is correct as the systematic reviews follow similar rules as for primary studies

Q.2. Option D is correct as the unit of the meta-anlysis is A primary quantitative study

Q.3. Option C is correct one as this is the violation of the right to full disclosure

Q.4. Option C is correct its the Reinforcement theory

Q.5. Option D is correct as they use only primary studies from peer-reviewed journals in the analysis.

Q.6. option B is the correct and best suited as The cost–benefit ratio of introducing the innovation

Q.7. Option D is correct one and best suited

Q.8 option B is the correct a as it iks for universally for the community

Q.9  Option A is correct its the bunch of the concepts means the conceptual one

Q.10. Option A is correct as its the difficulty in major studies

Q.11 option B is the correct as its difficult to set the type of the comarison to be made on the each level

Q.12 option B is the correct As it is demanding about what is the prevalence

Q.13. option B is the correc as it is the minimal risk effects

Q.14. option B is the correc as its the example of the non experimental design

Q.15. option C is the as there is no use of the passive markers or the placebo