Deck 5: Literature Reviews: Finding and Critiquing Evidence

Question 1

Which electronic database is widely recognized as the premier source for bibliographic coverage of the biomedical literature?

A) CINAHL
B) Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
C) ProQuest
D) MEDLINE

Answer 1

MEDLINE

Question 2

The RN is doing a basic search of articles on nurses' stress in the ICU. In conducting a subject search in an electronic database, what should the nurse type to initiate the search?

A) An author's name
B) Restrictions to the search
C) A topic or keyword
D) A mapping procedure

Answer 2

A topic or keyword

Question 3

In an electronic literature search, what is the researcher doing when she does not know the precise keywords for retrieving information on a topic?

A) Mapping
B) Searching
C) Restricting focus
D) Copying

Answer 3

Mapping

Question 4

What is a primary source for a research literature review?

A) A description of a study written by researchers who did the study
B) A summary of relevant research on the topic of interest
C) A thesaurus that directs readers to subject headings germane to the topic
D) Any journal article on a topic of interest

Question 5

There are several strategies for finding studies on a topic. What is the ancestry approach?

A) Search for articles that summarize prior research.
B) Read the accompanying abstract to determine whether the article is pertinent to the topic.
C) Tracking down earlier studies cited in are ference list of a report.
D) Using a pivotal study to search forward to subsequent studies that cited it.

Question 6

There are several strategies for finding studies on a topic. What is the descendancy approach?

A) Search for articles that summarize prior research.
B) Read the accompanying abstract to determine whether the article is pertinent to the topic.
C) Track down earlier studies cited in a reference list of a report.
D) Use a pivotal study to search forward to subsequent studies that cited it.

Question 7

What is a secondary source for a research literature review?

A) A description of a study written by researchers who did the study
B) A summary of relevant research on thetopic of interest
C) A thesaurus that directs readers to subject headings germane to the topic
D) A description of the study by an individual unconnected with it

Question 8

The nurse is conducting a literature review. Which will not assist the nurse when conducting a literature review?

A) One major purpose of a literature review is to learn what research has already been done in the area.
B) A text word search allows searchers to look for specific words in all test fields of records in the electronic database.
C) The literature review section should conclude with a critical evaluation of knowledge on the problem of interest.
D) Information from anecdotal and opinion articles is usually included in research literature.

Question 9

There are several major steps in preparing a written research review. What is the first step?

A) Formulating a question
B) Devising a search strategy
C) Conducting a search
D) Retrieving relevant sources

Question 10

When doing a literature review, what type of information will a researcher undertaking a new study find as an undesirable attribute?

A) Available research findings
B) Descriptions of an expert's opinions about the phenomenon
C) How the variables of interest have been operationally defined in prior studies
D) What research approaches have been used to study similar problems

Question 11

Qualitative researchers have varying opinions about reviewing the literature before doing a new study. What group of researchers is represented when collection of data occurs before reviewing the literature?

A) Grounded theory researchers
B) Phenomenologists
C) Ethnographogists
D) Grounded theory researchers and phenomenologist

Question 12

Qualitative researchers have varying opinions about reviewing the literature before doing a new study. What group of researchers often undertakes a search for relevant materials at the onset of a study?

A) Grounded theory researchers
B) Phenomenologists
C) Ethnographogists
D) Grounded theory researchers and phenomenologist

Question 13

Qualitative researchers have varying opinions about reviewing the literature before doing a new study. What group of researchers does a more thorough literature review during data analysis and interpretation so that findings can be compared with previous findings?

A) Grounded theory researchers
B) Phenomenologists
C) Ethnographogists
D) Grounded theory researchers and phenomenologist

Question 14

Matrices are a convenient means of abstracting and organizing information for a literature review. How many dimension arrays are present?

A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) Five

Question 15

Matrices are a convenient means of abstracting and organizing information for a literature review. When would a reviewer use an evaluation matrix?

A) Record methodological features of a set of studies.
B) Record research findings.
C) Record quality assessment information.
D) Facilitate thematic analysis of the retrieved information.

Question 16

Matrices are a convenient means of abstracting and organizing information for a literature review. When would a reviewer use a results matrix?

A) Record methodological features of a set of studies.
B) Record research findings.
C) Record quality assessment information.
D) Facilitate thematic analysis of the retrieved information.

Question 17

Written literature reviews are undertaken for many different purposes. In a quantitative research report, what section of the report would a review of prior research on the problem under study be located?

A) Introduction
B) Methods
C) Results
D) Discussion

Question 18

Written literature reviews are undertaken for many different purposes. In a research report, what section of the report would limitations of the study be located?

A) Introduction
B) Methods
C) Results
D) Discussion

Question 19

Written literature reviews are undertaken for many different purposes. In a qualitative research report, what section of the report would the thematic analysis of the data be presented?

A) Introduction
B) Methods
C) Results
D) Discussion

Question 20

Some features of an electronic search are similar across databases. Which is an example of a wildcard symbol?

A) And
B) Not
C) Or
D) Question mark