Deck 28: Writing Research Proposals

Question 1

Why do student research proposals usually require greater detail than those developed for review by funding organizations?

A)Student research proposals have a minimum page limit, because faculty members want their students to experience the worst-case scenario while in school, where support is readily available.
B)Institutional review boards are very apprehensive about students performing research, and for this reason they require more detailed justification than do other proposals.
C)Students do not write well, so their proposals tend to be more involved.
D)Student proposals often contain the first three or four chapters of the student's thesis or dissertation; funding proposals usually contain a much less detailed literature review.

Answer 1

Student proposals often contain the first three or four chapters of the student's thesis or dissertation; funding proposals usually contain a much less detailed literature review.

Question 2

A formal, detailed research proposal is written. Which of the following would be reasons that a researcher would write a detailed research proposal?

A)It is submitted before a nurse manager performs a quality improvement review of compliance with a new IV start protocol.
B)It is required by a thesis or dissertation committee.
C)It is submitted to gain institutional review board (IRB) approval.
D)It is to be submitted for a funding grant.
E)It is written to obtain support from one's peers for a study conducted in a hospital medical-surgical unit.

Answer 2

It is required by a thesis or dissertation committee.
It is submitted to gain institutional review board (IRB) approval.
It is to be submitted for a funding grant.

Question 3

Which of the following elements do a research proposal and a research report have in common?

A)Discussion
B)Review of the literature
C)Results
D)Framework
E)Methods
F)Research problem
G)Research purpose
H)Introduction

Answer 3

Review of the literature
Framework
Methods
Research problem
Research purpose
Introduction

Question 4

When conducting a review of a proposal, which of the following questions would be reasonable questions posed by an institutional review board (IRB)?

A)Is this study congruent with our hospital's research agenda?
B)What will be the impact of this study on our hospital and its clients?
C)Is this proposal literate and well written?
D)Does this study have any scientific merit?
E)What prior research experience does this author have?
F)Will the human subjects studied be protected from harm?
G)What is the quality of this study?

Question 5

What is the difference between a quantitative research proposal and a quantitative research report?

A)The proposal precedes the study and is written to obtain permission or clearance for the research to be funded, take place, be approved at the research site, and so forth.b.They are identical.
C)The research proposal does not contain results or discussion sections.
D)The research report follows the study and includes both results of the study and a full discussion.
E)The research report contains a framework, but the proposal does not.

Question 6

A researcher writes a preproposal. What exactly is a preproposal?

A)A justification for a research study
B)A request for institutional review board approval
C)A brief overview of a proposed project
D)A first draft of a proposal
E)A short document exploring funding opportunities for a research study

Question 7

Why does a qualitative research proposal contain both the research philosophy and general method and the applied method of inquiry? What is the distinction between these?

A)The research philosophy and general method are the name of the method-phenomenology, grounded theory, and so forth.
B)The general method is the way the researcher plans to collect the data.
C)The applied method of inquiry is the way the researcher plans to collect the data.
D)The applied method refers to whether the study is phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and so forth.e.They are both the same.

Question 8

Why should a qualitative research proposal intended for institutional board review address methods, since methods can be flexible in qualitative research?

A)The committee must be aware of anything that will be done to the participants, including interviewing.
B)The committee must adjudge potential harm that emanates from discussion of disturbing topics.
C)The committee must be apprised of planned methods at the beginning of the study; researchers must ask for permission if they decide add anything to the methods, while the study is in progress
D)The forms for institutional review include this section, but it isn't really addressed in qualitative research, since there is no intervention, per se.
E)The committee must determine the relative risk of accidental disclosure of potentially embarrassing information.

Question 9

Why might proposal revisions be required?

A)The review process may reveal unreasonable impact on one area of the institution, since other research is in progress; a change of venue could be indicated.
B)Funding becomes unavailable and the proposal must be revised, in accordance with cuts.
C)Several potential subjects refuse to participate in the research study.
D)The study methodology is weak, and the reviewers' suggestions will improve the strength of the methodology.
E)The researcher has inadvertently submitted materials that contain errors.