The nurse notes these statements in a research article: This ...

[Alainaaa8]

The nurse notes these statements in a research article:
 
  This study explores changes in coping and emotion that occur between the preoperative and the postoperative period. Further, the relationships between coping and emotion preoperatively and postoperatively are evaluated. Finally, the influence of preoperative coping and emotion on postoperative emotion is documented.
  This section represents which part of a research study?
  a. Results
  b. Methods
  c. Purpose
  d. Hypothesis

Question 2

A nurse describes the hypothesis of a research study as, There is a positive relationship between nurses' attitudes toward AIDS patients and the number of AIDS patients they have cared for in practice. This statement is an example of what?
 
  a. Null hypothesis
  b. Nondirectional hypothesis
  c. Directional hypothesis
  d. Causal hypothesis

[fatboyy09]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Feedback
A No results were described in the passage.
B Although methods are implied, the passage does not include the specific methodology.
C The statements describe the aims or goals that the investigator hoped to achieve with the research and thus reflect the purpose of the study.
D The passage does not state the hypothesis of the study.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C

Feedback
A The statement is not a null hypothesis because a null hypothesis specifies no relationship.
B The statement is a directional hypothesis, not a nondirectional hypothesis.
C Because a positive relationship is specified, the hypothesis is directional.
D Because the statement indicates a relationship between variables, the hypothesis indicates an association, rather than a cause-and-effect relationship, between variables.

[Alainaaa8]

Excellent

[chereeb]

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