Exam 5: Research Problems, Purposes, and Hypotheses

In the literature report of a study on quality of life, the researcher describes two previous investigations suggesting that spirituality is related to quality of life. This information suggests that the current study is significant because it:

The dependent variable is defined as a:

Which of the following is an acceptable operational definition according to the requirements of how to operationalize a variable? Depression will be operationalized as:

A research question focuses on:

The purpose of a research hypothesis is to:

An experienced, published researcher's funded study is to recruit a sample of mothers with children under the age of 30 entering a shopping complex with $100 spending money. The purpose of the study is to test the hypothesis that younger mothers will spend the money on themselves rather than on their children. What are the possible issues with the feasibility of this study?

The feasibility of conducting a study is determined by examining which of the following?

A researcher found significant evidence that women who had undergone chemotherapy treatment develop a very strong sensitivity in recognizing the smell of the chemotherapeutic agent. The researcher now wants to apply for a grant to further investigate this result. Given that reviewers will consider the significance of this study, what feedback are they likely to include? "The present study:

What is true about funding priorities in nursing research?

What type of hypothesis is the following? "Cancer patients who receive music therapy complain less frequently of pain and require less pain medication than cancer patients not receiving music therapy."

A researcher uses the following hypothesis in a study: excessive listening to alternative music will lead to increased depression in young teenagers. Which of the following descriptors can be applied to this hypothesis?

A researcher wants to investigate the possibility that diabetic patients who are allowed to cook their own meals will adhere to dietary restrictions better than patients who do not. What is the dependent variable?

Read the following statement and answer the question: "Structured preoperative support is more effective in reducing surgical patients' perception of pain and request for analgesics than structured postoperative support." What type of variable is "Perception of pain"?

What question helps determine the significance of a research study?

A researcher uses the following hypothesis in a study: "Excessive listening to alternative music will lead to increased depression in young teenagers." Which kind of variable is "listening"?

In which situation would the research and the null hypothesis be the same?

A researcher uses the following hypothesis in a study: "Excessive listening to alternative music will lead to increased depression in young teenagers." Which of the following dependent variables would need to be defined operationally in the research study?

One researcher wanted to investigate whether nursing students should take psychiatric mental health nursing before they take medical surgical nursing. Which of the following is a correctly stated objective of this study?

What is a difference between correlational and quasi-experimental research?

Which of the following would be an appropriate research question for a qualitative study?