Title: Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating Research
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1:  Which statement is true about purposive sampling?
A: The procedure can be used in both qualitative and experimental designs.
B: The procedure selects subjects because they possess certain characteristics.
C: The procedure is most often used to reduce sampling error.
D: The procedure can usually be performed without informed consent.

2:  In qualitative studies, sample size is determined by:
A: Saturation
B: Power analysis
C: Effect size
D: Snowballing

3:  Why is extreme case sampling important in qualitative research?
A: To ensure saturation
B: To ensure constant comparison
C: To ensure triangulation
D: To ensure member checking

4:  Why are field notes important in qualitative research?
A: They supply information for inter-rater reliability.
B: They justify the need for the proposed study.
C: They enrich the data interpretation process.
D: They reduce the possibility of a Hawthorn effect.

5:  Which of the following procedures is used to control investigator bias in qualitative research?
A: Constant comparison
B: Saturation of data
C: Purposive sampling
D: Prolonged engagement

6:  To ensure validity of the findings, qualitative researchers often ask participants to review and comment on the accuracy of the data. This process is called:
A: Triangulation
B: Member checking
C: Bracketing
D: Purposive saturation

7:  A researcher wants to study the experience and meaning of living with breast cancer. Which design is most appropriate for this study?
A: Phenomenology
B: Grounded theory
C: Ethnography
D: Retrospective analysis

8:  A researcher is performing an ethnographic study of Appalachian women and has extended contact with the participants in the study. What purpose does the extended contact serve?
A: It helps the researcher to bracket.
B: It enhances the researcher's field notes.
C: It enables habituation.
D: It enables saturation

9:  Grounded theory is primarily a:
A: deductive process
B: method to test microtheories
C: inductive process
D: method to test macrotheories

10:  What is the primary intent of qualitative research for nursing practice?
A: It's intent is to support the effectiveness of nursing interventions.
B: It's intent is to be transferred to similar situations.
C: It's intent is to be generalized to larger populations.
D: It's intent is to replace the quantitative paradigm in nursing.

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