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| What is the first step, and possibly one of the most important requirements of the research process? |
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Be able to delineate the study area clearly and state the research problem concisely (drill down to a narrow problem from a broad one)
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| What are the four most common sources for generating a research problem? |
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Personal experiences, literature sources, existing theories, and previous research.
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| When basing research off of an existing theory, generally ________ is tested. |
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only a part of the theory, not the entire thing
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| The testing of an existing theory is referred to as inductive or deductive research? |
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Deductive
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| What are the disadvantages to using personal experiences as a foundation for research? |
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-leads to a number of small, unrelated studies
-limited generalizability of results
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| The lack of _________ studies in nursing has hindered the development of an extensive nursing knowledge base. |
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Replication
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| How are the problem of a study and the purpose of the study different? |
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The problem = what will be studied
The purpose = why it will be studied
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| What factors should be considered when determining the appropriateness of a topic for scientific examination? |
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Ethical issues, significance of study for nursing, personal motivation of the researcher, qualifications of the researcher, and feasibility of the study
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| With respect to ethical issues, what does a researcher need to know in order to ensure their study meets ethical guidelines? |
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They need to know/be familiar with the ethical guidelines established by the federal government, professional organizations, and within the specific institutions where the research will be conducted.
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| What factors should be assessed to determine the feasibility of a study? |
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Time required to evaluate, costs, equipment and supplied needed, administrative support needed, peer support, and availability of subjects
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| Why should a researcher allow for more time to conduct a study than they think is actually needed? |
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Unexpected delays frequently occur, it's best to plan for them
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| What are the criteria for a problem statement?
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-it must be written in an interrogative sentence form (a question)
-it must include the population
-it must include the variables
-it must be empirically testable
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| T/F Problem statements in literature are never written in declarative form, it is always in interrogative form to express a 'demand for an answer.' |
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False, many times it is written in a declarative form in literature, but it is recommended that it be in interrogative form.
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| How can a researcher write a problem statement so that a consumer can read it, understand it and respond to it? |
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By writing it as a complete, grammatically correct sentence, even if it has to be very long.
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| The 'population' of a problem statement must be _________. |
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Narrowed/delimited. 'Nurses' is too broad, NICU nurses is delimited
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| A ________ study is one that has only one variable to be studied. |
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Univariate
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| 'What source of school stress is most identified by nursing school students' is an example of a problem statement for a __________ study. (Univariate, Bivariate or Multvariate?) |
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Univariate
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| Univariate studies are frequently the _______ of a research process. |
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The first/beginning step
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| When two variables are researched in a study, it is said to be a ________ study. |
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Bivariate
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| 'Is there a correlation between the number of stressors in school and the nursing student's rate of failure?' is an example of a problem statement of a ____________ study (Univariate, Bivariate or Multivariate?) |
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Bivariate (usually an independent variable-number of stressors, and dependent variable-failure rate)
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