Research Exam 3 Practice test Questions And Answers
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In a cause and effect relationship, which is the independent variable?
A. outcome
B. cause - In causal relationships the IV is the cause, affecting the DV
C. effect
D. relationship - ANS B. Cause-
Which of the following steps would NOT be undertaken in a non-experimental quantita...
Research Exam 3 Practice test Questions
And Answers
In a cause and effect relationship, which is the independent variable?
A. outcome
B. cause - In causal relationships the IV is the cause, affecting the DV
C. effect
D. relationship - ANS B. Cause-
Which of the following steps would NOT be undertaken in a non-experimental quantitative
study?
A. developing methods for safeguarding human subjects
B. developing intervention protocol
C. undertaking a literature review
D. determining the number of subjects to recruit - ANS B. Developing intervention protocol
In which phase does a quantitative researcher collect and code data?
A. Analytical
B. Conceptual
C. Empirical
Dissemination - ANS C. Empirical
Which of the following is the title for a study that could not use an experimental design?
A. The effect of body position on dyspnea in patients with COPD
B. The effect of diet on sleep patterns in older men
C. The effect of age on pulmonary complications in surgical patients - (researchers could not
intervene w/ regard to participants age - this study would be non experimental.
D. The effect of exercise on self-esteem in adolescents - ANS C. The effect..
Select the correct order of the Quantitative Process:
A. Empirical -> Design/Planning -> Dissemination -> Conceptual -> Analytical
,B. Conceptual-> Empirical-> Design/Planning-> Analytical-> Dissemination
C. Conceptual-> Design/Planning-> Empirical-> Analytical-> Dissemination
D. Empirical-> Conceptual-> Design/Planning-> Analytical-> Dissemination - ANS C.
Conceptual—>Design/plan —> Empirical —> Analytical —> Dissemination
During this phase researchers call on such skills as creativity, deductive reasoning, and a
grounding in existing research evidence on the topic of interest.
A. Analytical
B. Conceptual
C. Empirical
D. Dissemination - ANS B. Conceptual
A complete and thorough literature review is done at the beginning of the ________________
phase of the quantitative research process.
A. design/planning
B. empirical
C. analytical
D. conceptual - ANS D. Conceptual— a literature review done during this phase on all
related research known about the topic and each variable (IV and DV).
Hypotheses are formulated during the ___________________ phase of the quantitative
research process.
A. Empirical
B. Analytical
C. Conceptual
D. Dissemination - ANS C. Conceptual
Developing methods to safeguard human and animal rights take place during the
___________________ phase of the quantitative process.
A. design/planning
B. conceptual
C. empirical
D. dissemination - ANS A. Design/planning
The process of making sense of study results and of examining their implications happens
during the ________________ phase of the quantitative process.
A. Empirical
B. Analytical
C. Conceptual
D. Dissemination - ANS B. Analytical
Distributing questionnaires to a group of nursing home residents would happen during which
phase of the quantitative process?
, A. design/planning
B. conceptual
C. empirical
D. dissemination - ANS C. Emperical— This phase includes data collection from
participents
Deciding to collect data from 300 alcoholics in treatment would happen during which phase of
the quantitative process?
A. design/planning
B. conceptual
C. empirical
D. dissemination - ANS A. Design/planning-- this phase includes indentifying the
population to be studied
"First-born infants have higher concentrations of estrogens and progesterone in umbilical cord
blood than do later-born infants" is an example of which type of hypothesis?
A. Research hypothesis - directional
B. Research hypothesis - non-directional
C. Null hypothesis
D. Not a testable hypothesis as stated - ANS A. Research hypothesis
"No relationship exists between participation in prenatal classes and the health outcomes of
infants" is an example of which type of hypothesis?
A. Research hypothesis - directional
B. Research hypothesis - non-directional
C. Null hypothesis
D. Not a testable hypothesis as stated - ANS C. Null
"The presence of homonymous hemianopia in stroke patients negatively affects their length of
stay" is an example of which type of hypothesis?
A. Research hypothesis - directional
B. Research hypothesis - non-directional
C. Null hypothesis
D. Not a testable hypothesis as stated - ANS A. Research directional
"Several factors have been found to be associated with pain and intensity during labor and
delivery, but previous studies have produced conflicting results". This sentence could best be
described as a:
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