Deck 4: Research Problems, Research Questions, and Hypotheses

Question 1

What is a research problem?

A) Situation involving an enigmatic or disturbing situation amenable to disciplined inquiry
B) Articulation of the problem and description of the need for a study through the development of an argument
C) Specific queries researchers want to answer in addressing the problem
D) Specific accomplishments that will be achieved by conducting the study

Answer 1

Situation involving an enigmatic or disturbing situation amenable to disciplined inquiry

Question 2

The nature of the research question is closely allied to paradigms. What is the focus of research questions for a quantitative study?

A) Undertaken because some aspect of aphenomenon is poorly understood
B) Developed within a rich and contextbound understanding of the problem
C) Initiated to heighten awareness and createa dialogue about a phenomenon
D) Identified major variables in the study and populations under investigation are present.

Answer 2

Identified major variables in the study and populations under investigation are present.

Question 3

Which is correct about the research question "What is the decision making process among intensive care unit nurses who decide to assist terminally ill patients to die?"

A) Most likely to be addressed using aquantitative approach
B) Most likely to be addressed using aqualitative approach
C) Not researchable
D) Not appropriately worded

Answer 3

Most likely to be addressed using aqualitative approach

Question 4

Where is the nurse likely to have difficulty getting an idea for research problems?

A) Theories of conceptual frameworks
B) Clinical experience
C) Nursing code of ethics
D) Nursing literature

Question 5

Which is not considered in determining the feasibility of a research question?

A) Cooperation of participants
B) Ethical concerns
C) Relevant theories
D) Researcher experience

Question 6

Researchers communicate their aims as problem statements, statements of purpose, research questions, or hypotheses. What are hypotheses?

A) Essential to the conduct of respectable scientific enquiry
B) Needed only when there is an explicit theoretical framework
C) Useful in giving direction to quantitative studies
D) Not appropriate for many nursing research studies

Question 7

"Women who jog regularly are more likely to have amenorrhea than those who do not jog regularly" is an example of what type of hypothesis?

A) Null
B) Not corrected stated
C) Directional
D) Nondirectional

Question 8

What is a complex hypothesis?

A) Predicted relationship between one independent variable and one dependent variable
B) Predicted direction of the relationship
C) Anticipated existence of relationships, not their direction
D) Anticipated relationship between two independent variables and two dependent variables

Question 9

What is the type of hypothesis for "a person's emotional status is not affected by relocation to a nursing home"?

A) Directional
B) Nondirectional
C) Research
D) Null

Question 10

Researchers communicate their aims as problem statements, statements of purpose, research questions, or hypotheses. What is the statement of purpose?

A) Summarizes the overall study goal.
B) Specific query researchers want to answerin addressing the research problem.
C) Articulate the nature, context, and significance of the problem.
D) Statement of predicted relationships between two or more variables.

Question 11

The registered nurse knows that which is correct about hypotheses in research reports?

A) Hypotheses derived from theory aregenerally nondirectional in wording.
B) Hypotheses are more abstract than purpose statements.
C) Qualitative research proceeds with hypotheses.
D) Hypotheses must express the expected relationship among at least three variables.

Question 12

Researchers communicate their aims as problem statements, statements of purpose, research questions, or hypotheses. What does "subjects receiving antiemetic therapy by a patient controlled pump will be less nauseous" represent?

A) Hypothesis
B) Problem statement
C) Statement of purpose
D) Research question

Question 13

What type of hypothesis is represented by the statement "the fewer social supports an elderly person has, the more likely the individual will be institutionalized."?

A) Directional
B) Nondirectional
C) Research
D) Null

Question 14

What type of hypothesis is represented by the statement "women who smoke are as likely to have low-birth-weight babies as women who do not"?

A) Directional
B) Nondirectional
C) Research
D) Null

Question 15

What intervenes between the independent and dependent variable?

A) Moderator variable
B) Mediating variable
C) Hypothesis
D) Simple hypothesis

Question 16

Researchers communicate their aims as problem statements, statements of purpose, research questions, or hypotheses. What does the following statement represent, "Nausea and vomiting are common side effects among patients on chemotherapy, and interventions to date have been only moderately successful in reducing these effects? New interventions that can reduce or prevent these side effects need to be identified."

A) Hypothesis
B) Problem statement
C) Statement of purpose
D) Research question

Question 17

Not all problems are amendable to research inquiry. Which question cannot be researched?

A) Should voluntary tubal ligations be performed on women without children?
B) What are nurses' attitudes toward voluntary tubal ligations?
C)What moral dilemmas are perceived by nurses who might be involved in assisted suicide?
D)Do terminally ill patients living with high levels of pain hold more favorable attitudes toward assisted suicide than those with less pain?

Question 18

What is a nondirectional hypothesis?

A) Predicted relationship between one independent variable and one dependent variable
B) Predicted direction of the relationship
C) Anticipated existence of relationships, not their direction
D) Anticipated relationship between two independent variables and two dependent variables

Question 19

What is a simple hypothesis?

A) Predicted relationship between one independent variable and one dependent variable
B) Predicted direction of the relationship
C) Anticipated existence of relationships, not their direction
D) Anticipated relationship between two independent variables and two dependent variables