NUR363 Week 7 Quiz: Qualitative and quantitative research designs

Question 1

Name the four major types of qualitative research designs found in nursing
research

Answer 1

1. Phenomenology
2. Grounded theory
3. Ethnography
4. Historical

Question 2

Two broad purposes of research design are?

Answer 2

1. Planned approach that best fits the research question

2. Ensures rigor and validity of results

Question 3

What is the major consideration when critiquing research design in a journal
article?

Answer 3

How well the research design fit the question

Question 4

If a research study is suggesting a test of relationships, it is a ________________
study design?

Answer 4

Quantitative

Question 5

If a research study is suggesting an exploration of the human experience, it is a
_________________ study design?

Answer 5

Qualitative

Question 6

State three things that research questions seek to achieve

Answer 6

1. Describe or understand
2. Connect, relate or link
3. Manipulate or predict

Question 7

One of the main characteristics of quantitative research is that it involves a close
relationship between the researcher and the participant.
True or false

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Briefly describe phenomenology, ie it is a description

of____________________

Answer 8

Lived experience

Question 9

Grounded Theory is concerned with?

Answer 9

Social processes

Developing theory

Question 10

Ethnology is concerned with?

__________________

Answer 10

Cultures

Subcultures

Question 11

State four main components of rigor in qualitative research

Answer 11

1. Credibility / Trustworthiness
2. Auditability - consistency
3. Transferability - fittingness
4. Confirmability - no bias

Question 12

Why is rigor so important?

Answer 12

Need to know the methods are trustworthy and have confidence in the results

Question 13

In quantitative research, the emphasis is on?

Answer 13

Objective observation

Accuracy

Control

Question 14

Name four types of quantitative research studies

Answer 14

1. Experimental
2. Quasi - experimental
3. Description
4. Correlation

Question 15

Time is important in ________________ research studies?

Answer 15

Quantitative

Question 16

Briefly define:

Cross-sectional studies

Answer 16

One point in time data is collected

Question 17

Briefly define:

Longitudinal studies

Answer 17

Data collected over a longer period of time

Question 18

Briefly define:

Retrospective studies

Answer 18

Past events - (data collected)

Question 19

Briefly define:

Prospective studies

Answer 19

Collect data as data occures

Question 20

Why is control important is quantitative studies?

Answer 20

• to maximize results and minimize error

- Ensures validity of results and reduces variables

Question 21

Briefly define:

Independent variable

Answer 21

Manipulated variable

= the cause

Question 22

Briefly define:

Dependent variable

Answer 22

Measured variable

= the affect

Question 23

Name two types of validity and briefly define each

Answer 23

1. Internal - does the independent variable accurately measure what it said it would measure
2. External - Validity deals with problems of generalisability

Question 24

What is the research problem?

Answer 24

The gap in the knowledge

Question 25

In nursing, where is the research problem generally derived from?

Answer 25

In our clinical practice and in theory

Question 26

Briefly define hypothesis

Answer 26

A prediction of the relationships about 2 or more variables in the study

Question 27

Name three sources of nursing research problems

Answer 27

1. Clinical experience 2. Nursing literature 3. Social issues

Question 28

What are the important things the background section of a research report should tell us?

Answer 28

The type of study Gap in the knowledge General description of the health problem that starts off broad and narrows to be specific