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1. A researcher designs a correlational study on college fresher students to
examine the relationship between final exam grade and hours of sleep the
night before the exam. Which of the following is the dependent variables
in this study design?
a. Final exam grade
b. hours of sleep
c. Rank in college
d. None of the above
2. Which of the following ensures similarity between an
experimental and control group under experimental research?
a. Random assignment
b. Matching
c. Cross-over study
d. Manipulation
3. A nurse posted in the medical unit investigates the effect of frequency
of position change on healing of decubitus ulcers. What type of study is
depicted here?
a. Applied research
b. Basic research
c. Descriptive research
d. Phenomenological research
4. Which of the following scale of measurement is appropriate
to measure the weight of the patient?
a. Nominal
b. Ordinal
c. Interval
d. Ratio
5. Which of the following measure of central tendency is
Influenced by extreme scores and skewed distributions?
a. Mean
b. Median
c. Mode
d. Range
6. The proportion of observations fall above the median
is:
a. 68%
b. 50%
c. 75%
d. 95%
7. Which of the following is not a component of hypothesis?
a. Dependent variables
b. Extraneous variables
c. Study population
d. Independent variables
8. The degree of flatness or peakeness of a graph of a frequency
distribution is known as:
a. Skewness
b. Kurtosis
c. Standard deviation
d. Mode
9. The researcher conducted a survey among patients attending the
emergency department. The sample drawn from this sampling
technique will be least likely to be representative of the population.
What kind of sampling technique does this reflect?
a. Stratified random sampling
b. Convenience sampling
c. Simple random sampling
d. Systematic sampling
10. In which of the following non-random sampling technique
does the researcher ask the research participants to identify
other potential research participants?
a. Quota sampling
b. Purposive sampling
c. Convenience sampling
d. Snowball sampling
11. A method of integrating the findings of previously
conducted research studies using statistical procedures is
known as:
a. Meta-analysis
b. Content analysis
c. Secondary analysis
d. Systematic review
12. Which of the following is the first step of hypothesis
testing?
a. Conduct statistical test
b. Gather data
c. Specify H0/H1
d. Determine rejection of H0
13. The research method in which investigator studies possible cause and
effect relationship by exposing one group to treatment and another
group with no treatment:
a. Cross-sectional study
b. Correlational study
c. Experimental study
d. Evaluative study
14. All of the following depict the advantages of cross-
sectional study over longitudinal study except?
a. Completed in a short period of time
b. Less expensive
c. The results are known earlier
d. It consider the present, past, and future
15. Identify the appropriate statement to the given below example?
“The participants behave formally because they know they are being
observed by the researcher”
a. Experimental effect
b. Hawthorne effect
c. Reactive effect of pretest
d. Novelty effect
16. The following are considered steps in the qualitative
research process, except:
a. Literature review
[Link]
c. Sample
[Link] collection
17. The researcher has secretly placed him or herself (as a
member) in the group that is being studied. This researcher may
be considered as which of the following?
a. A complete participant
[Link] observer-as-participant
c. A participant-as-observer
[Link] of the above
18. Which of the following sampling method involves selection of
sample randomly and then proceeds with the selection of every
kth element from then onwards?
a. Simple random sampling
b. Stratified random sampling
c. Systematic sampling
d. None of the above
19. Which of the following statement represents data in
continuous form?
a. Blood pressured reading of patient is 120/80
[Link] of nurses being absent today
c. How many syringes a nurse has used to administer an antibiotic
[Link] of patients admitted with bacterial meningitis in ICU
20. The distance covered by a nurse each day to reach to office is an
example of which form of data?
a. Continuous Data
b. Discrete Data
c. Both a & b
d. None of the above
21. Match the following with their respective scales of measurement:
X. Height of the patient 1. Interval scale of measurement
Y. Gender of the patient 2. Ratio scale of measurement
Z. Body temperature of the patient 3. Nominal scale of measurement
98.9 - 100.2 degree F
a. X-3, Y-1, Z-2
b. X-1, Y-2, Z-3
c. X-2, Y-3, Z-1
d. X-3, Y-2, Z-1
22. Which of the following test of significance is used for large
sample size?
a. ANOVA Test
b.T test
c. Chi-Square Test
[Link] of the above
23. To a nurse seeking evidence on a question, a literature review article
in a journal would be considered:
a. A secondary source
b. Bibliographic database
c. Primary source
d. All of the above
24. If the experiment can clearly establish that the treatment
caused an effect, then the experiment has……………..:
a. Internal validity
[Link] validity
c. Construct validity
[Link] validity
25. Identify the type of hypothesis of the given below statement:
The lower the level of hemoglobin, the higher is the risk of
infection among pregnant women.
a. Simple hypothesis
b. Complex hypothesis
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
26. Match the following statement with their respective type of hypothesis?
X. Alcohol has an effect on short term 1. Complex Hypothesis
memory.
Y. There is a positive relationship [Link] Hypothesis
between job satisfaction and yearly
appraisal.
Z. Satisfaction is higher among patient [Link] Hypothesis
who are older and dwelling in rural area
than those who are younger and
dwelling in urban area.
a. X - 2, Y - 1, Z - 3
b. X - 1, Y - 3, Z - 2
c. X - 2, Y - 3, Z - 1
d. X - 3, Y - 1, Z - 2
27. The rejection probability of Null Hypothesis when it is
true is called:
[Link] of Confidence
[Link] of Significance
c. Level of Margin
[Link] of Rejection
IMAGE-BASED
QUESTIONS
1. SpO2 measurement taken with and without micropore in a pediatric population is
depicted in the following scattered plot diagram. Which of the following is true?
a. There is no agreement between two measurements
b. There is a negative correlation between two measurements
c. There is no association between the two measurements
d. There is a positive correlation between two measurements
2. In the diagram depicted here, how much is the area between points A
& B, on either side of the mean?
a. 68.3%
b. 95.4%
c. 99.7%
d. 102.5%
3. Identify the epidemiological study design:
a. Cohort study
b. Case Control study
c. Cross Sectional study
d. None
4. Type of sampling shown in figure is:
a. Simple random sampling
b. Systematic random sampling
c. Stratified random sampling
d. Cluster random sampling
[Link] the statistical diagram shown:
a. Frequency polygon
b. Histogram
c. Line diagram
d. OGIVE
6. Identify the type of snow ball sampling shown in the given image:
a. Linear snowball sampling
b. Exponential discriminative Snowball sampling
c. Exponential Non-discriminative snowball sampling
d. None of the above
7. Identify the type of correlation depicted in the scatter graph given
below:
a. Positive
b. Negative
c. No correlation between
the variable
a. All of the above
8. Identify the skewed distribution presented in the given below image:
a. Negative skew distribution
b. Positive skew distribution
c. No skew
d. None of the above