HALL QUIZ 1 - EMPIRICAL PHASE

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1 / 1 point
How much confidence should you place in a single research study?

Your Answer:  Correct

You should trust research findings after different researchers have replicated the
findings

You should completely trust a single research study

Neither a nor b

Both a and b
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Adopting ethical principles in research means: 

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The researcher is anonymous

Deception is only used when necessary

Selected informants give their consent

Avoiding harm to participants

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Which of the following can be described as a nominal variable? 

Your Answer:  Correct

Annual income

Geographical location of a firm

Age

Annual sales
4.
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When designing a questionnaire it is important to do each of the following EXCEPT

Your Answer:  Correct

Pilot the questionnaire

Avoid jargon

Avoid double questions

Use leading questions

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One advantage of using a questionnaire is that:

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Probe questions can be asked

Interview bias can be avoided

Response rates are always high

Respondents can be put at ease

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When conducting an interview, asking questions such as: "What else? or ‘Could you
expand on that?’ are all forms of:

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Structured responses

Probes
Protocols

Category questions
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An ordinal scale is:

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A scale with an absolute zero point

A rank-order scale of measurement

A scale with equal intervals between ranks

The simplest form of measurement

8.
1 / 1 point
Which term measures the extent to which scores from a test can be used to infer or
predict performance in some activity? 

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Face validity

Content reliability

Construct validity

Criterion-related validity
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The ‘reliability’of a measure refers to the researcher asking:

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Does it give consistent results?

Does it measure what it is supposed to measure?

Can the results be generalized?

Does it have face reliability?

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Validity in interviews is strengthened by the following EXCEPT:

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Multiple questions cover the same theme

Constructing interview schedules that contain themes drawn from the literature

Prompting respondents to expand on initial responses

Building rapport with interviewees

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The following are true statements of the empirical phase. SATA

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This involves the collection of data and the preparation for analysis.

Gaining results, sorting them, and evaluating them

Data are analyzed and  interpreted 

Most time consuming

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The probability that the study findings have meanings to others in similar situations.

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Credibility
Dependability

Confirmability

Transferability

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It answers the question, “Is the questionnaire providing answers to the research
questions for which it will undertake?”

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Credibility

Validity

Confirmability

Reliability
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It is assessed by using purposive sampling that the participants have the same
knowledge and experiences on the phenomenon under study.

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Credibility

Validity

Confirmability

Reliability
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A degree of neutrality or the extent to which findings of a study are shaped by the
respondents and not by the researchers’ bias, motivation, or interest
Your Answer:  Correct

Credibility

Validity

Confirmability

Reliability

HALL QUIZ 2 - FORMAT AND STYLES IN THESIS WRITING

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·The __________________ refers to question that the researcher seeks to answer and
it must be stated clearly.

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problem
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It gives general idea of what the research study is all about

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problem

title of the study

abstract

introduction
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·The introduction serves as a springboard for the statement of the problem

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problem
title of the study

abstract

introduction
4.
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The ___________________directs the attention to the purpose of the investigation,
particularly the main issue to be answered and this also refers to the goal of the study
that requires long term inquiry and broader solutions

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major problem

title of the study

abstract

introduction
5.
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The ______________ consists of concise statements of what the study is all about, the
methodology, and the important findings

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major problem

title of the study

abstract

introduction
6.
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Describes the major demographic characteristics of the population or sample in terms of
the variables of the study
Your Answer:  Correct

major problem

title of the study

data gathering tool

population and locale of the study

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Describes the summarized or statistically treated data that is presented in a tabular or
graphical form

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discussion

conclusion

recommenadtion

results
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Prescribes concrete and doable interventions that address, alleviate or arrest the
problem situation. 

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discussion

conclusion

recommenadtion

results
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Interprets the findings in terms of meanings and implications relative to the postulated
hypotheses

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discussion

conclusion

recommenadtion

results
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Describes briefly the apparatus or instrument used in data gathering.

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major problem

title of the study

data gathering tool

population and locale of the study

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Identifies and briefly describes the descriptive and analytic tools used to treat the data
gathered

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major problem

treatment of data

data gathering tool

population and locale of the study

12.
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This section presents the results and discusses the findings per problem.

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results and discussion

treatment of data

data gathering tool

conclusion and recommendation

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The variables of the study are reflected in the title particularly the relationship among
the variables and the proposed target population.

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true

false
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Research problems may  be stated exclusively in the interrogative form

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true

false
15.
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The recommendation should have sufficient strength to serve as the foundation for
theory-building

Your Answer:  Correct

true
false

HALL QUIZ 3 - STATISTICAL MEASUREMENT IN NURSING RESEARCH

Your score: 100% (15/15)

Duration: 0:13:13

1.
1 / 1 point
Which two are examples of descriptive statistics?

Your Answer:  Correct

Mean and standard deviation.

Median and correlation.

Variance and regression analysis.

Hypothesis testing and histograms.

2.
1 / 1 point
There are basically two types of statistics – descriptive and inferential. Which of the
following sentences

are true about descriptive statistics? 

Your Answer:  Correct

Descriptive statistics enable you to make decisions about your data, for example, is one
group mean significantly different from the population mean?

Descriptive statistics describe the data.

Descriptive statistics enable you to draw inferences about your data, for example does
one variable predict another variable?

All of the above.

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For rank or order data, the scale used is_____________

Your Answer:  Correct

 Nominal scale

  Ratio scale

  Interval scale

 Ordinal scale
4.
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When data are labels or names, used to identify an attribute of an element,
a/an_____________ is used.

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 Nominal scale

  Ratio scale

  Interval scale

 Ordinal scale
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In _________________, the distance between two consecutive numbers is meaningful.

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 Nominal level measurement

  Ratio level measurement

  Interval level measurement

 Ordinal level measurement

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Estimation and hypothesis testing is a part of ____________.

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inferential statistics

  Ratio level measurement

descriptive statistics

 Ordinal level measurement

7.
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A statistics professor asked students in a class their ages. On the basis of this
information, the professor states that the average age of all the students in the
university is 21 years. This is an example of

Your Answer:  Correct

inferential statistics

  Ratio level measurement

descriptive statistics

 Ordinal level measurement

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_______________is the difference between data obtained from a randomly sampled
population and data that would be obtained if an entire population is measured.

Your Answer:  Correct

inferential statistics

sampling error

descriptive statistics

sampling distribution
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These are used with nominal data or when continuous variables are being examined

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grouped frequency distribution

sampling error

descriptive statistics

ungrouped frequency distribution

10.
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this shows the percentage of subjects in a sample whose scores fall into a specific
group and the number scores in that group. This is useful in comparing the present data
with findings from other studies that have different samples size.

Your Answer:  Correct

grouped frequency distribution

sampling error

percentage distribtution

ungrouped frequency distribution

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This is used to test for significant differences between samples.

Your Answer:  Correct

t test

ANOVA

Regression analysis
Pearson r
12.
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It refers to the overall average or responses /perceptions of the study respondents. It is
the sum of the scores and its product of the frequency of responses in a Likert 5-point
Scale

Your Answer:  Correct

t test

ANOVA

Regression analysis

weighted mean
13.
1 / 1 point
test the differences between 2 means which can be used to examine data from two or
more groups.

Your Answer:  Correct

t test

ANOVA

Regression analysis

weighted mean
14.
1 / 1 point
The percentage is used to determine the order of decreasing or increasing magnitude of
variables. The largest frequency is rank 1, the second 2 and so on

Your Answer:  Correct

True

False
15.
1 / 1 point
_________________ is computed to determine the proportion of a part to a whole such
as the given number respondents in relation to the entire population. Write your answer
in small letters.

Your Answer:  Correct

percentage