NAME: GLENDA S, CASUNDO DATE: NOV.

3, 2020
COURSE/YR: BSN IV COMP.APPRAISAL
QUIZ NO.2

1.Which one of the following statements about hypotheses is most accurate?

A. Hypotheses represent the main idea to be studied and are the foundations of research
studies.
B. Hypotheses help frame a test of the validity of a theory.
C. Hypotheses provide the means to test nursing theory.
D. A hypothesis can also be called a problem statement.

2. A nurse wants to study the effectiveness of meditation on people with anxiety disorder. Which
variable would be most relevant to explore in the literature on this topic?

A. Use of meditation during childbirth

B. Meditation techniques found to be effective
C. Pain management for people with anxiety disorders
D. Outcomes of meditation when used by elderly populations

3. What is a characteristic of an independent variable?

A. It is the variable that is predicted to change.

B. It varies with a change in the dependent variable.
C. It is manipulated by the researcher.
D. It can be identified only by changes in the dependent variable.

4. Which statement is most accurate regarding hypotheses?

A. Hypotheses operationally define the dependent variables.

B. Hypotheses are statements about the relationships among variables.
C. Hypotheses describe the effect of the dependent variable on the independent variable.
D. Hypotheses must include a definition of the treatment or intervention used.

5. What is a characteristic of a hypothesis?

A. It flows from interpretation of the data collected.

B. It operationally defines the variable to be studied.
C. It eliminates the need to designate a dependent variable.
D. It implies a causative or associative relationship.

6. When should a hypothesis be developed by the researcher during the research process?

A. Before development of the research question

B. After development of the research question
C. After a research design is determined
D. Before any statistical analysis
7. Which research hypothesis is most testable?

A. There is a relationship between meditation and anxiety disorders.

B. Patients with anxiety disorders who learn meditation techniques have less anxiety than those
who do not.
C. Teaching one meditation technique to patients with anxiety disorders will be better than
teaching multiple techniques.
D. The ability to meditate causes lower anxiety in patients with anxiety disorder than those who
do not meditate.

8. What is a characteristic of a statistical hypothesis?

A. It is a null hypothesis.
B. It predicts a positive relationship among variables.
C. It is a complex hypothesis.
D. It describes data-analysis methods.

9. When will a null hypothesis be rejected?

A. There is no association among variables.

B. There is evidence of significance.
C. The independent and dependent variables are related.
D. The research hypothesis is rejected.

10.Which level is characteristic of the strength of the evidence provided by the results of a
quasi-experimental study?
A. Level I
B. Level II
C. Level III
D. Level IV

11. A researcher wants to discover why patients of certain ethnic backgrounds are reluctant to
ask for pain medication. Because there are little data in the literature on this topic, the
researcher designs a study to explore the relationships between cultural belief systems, the
experience of pain, and the effective use of medication to relieve pain. The researcher plans to
use the findings of this study to formulate hypotheses for a future study. What is a characteristic
of this study?

A. It is a quasi-experimental study.
B. It will lead to level II data.
C. It has a directional hypothesis.
D. It is a hypothesis-generating study.

12. The nurse develops the following hypothesis: Elderly women receive less aggressive
treatment for breast cancer than do younger women. Which variable would be considered to be
the dependent variable?

A. Degree of treatment received

B. Age of the patient
C. Type of cancer being treated
D. Use of inpatient treatment
13. The nurse develops the following hypothesis: Elderly women receive less aggressive
treatment for breast cancer than do younger women. Which variable would be considered to be
the independent variable?

A. Degree of treatment received

B. Age of the patient
C. Type of cancer being treated
D. Use of inpatient treatment

14. The following are considered steps in the qualitative research process, except?

A. Literature review
B. Hypothesis
C. Sample
D. Data collection

15. Which of the following could be considered the “context” of a study? Select all that apply.

A. Cultural understandings and beliefs of study participants

B. The physical setting of the study
C. The sample selected for the study
D. The number of subjects in the study

16. Which beliefs guide the constructivist paradigm? Select all that apply.

A. There are multiple realities.

B. The truth is objective.
C. Context does not matter as much as truth.
D. The participant (subject) is an active part of the study

17. Which of the following are consistent with the constructivist paradigm? Select all that apply.

A. Subjectivism is valued.
B. Natural laws exist.
C. Time and place are important.
D. Generalizability is valued.

18. Which paradigm provides the basis for qualitative research?

A. Empirical analytical research

B. Constructivism
C. Post positivism
D. Naturalistic research

19. Which type of research allows researchers to be neutral observers?

A. Qualitative research
B. Ethnographic research
C. Quantitative research
D. Case studies
20. Which type of research study can be affected by detracting values of the researcher?

A. Qualitative
B. Naturalistic
C. Ethnographic
D. Quantitative

ANWERS QUIZ 2

1. B
2. B
3. C
4.B
5. D
6. B
7. D
8. A
9. C
10. C
11. D
12. A
13. B
14. B
15. AB
16. AD
17. AC
18. B
19. C
20. D