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Sportsfan2111

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The statement There is no relationship between nurses' ages and their level of assertiveness is which type of hypothesis?
 
  1. Research hypothesis.
  2. Directional hypothesis.
  3. Nondirectional hypothesis.
  4. Null hypothesis.

Question 2

What is true regarding testing of theory in a nursing research study?
 
  1. This is not a purpose of nursing research.
  2. Studies generally test several theories at one time.
  3. An entire theory is rarely tested in a single research study.
  4. Theories are only tested in qualitative studies.



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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: A research hypothesis states the expected relationship between variables.
Rationale 2:
Rationale 3: In a nondirectional hypothesis, the researcher merely predicts that a relationship exists.
Rationale 4: The null hypothesis states the absence of a relationship; it predicts that there is no relationship between variables.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: Nursing research is often done for the purpose of testing a theory.
Rationale 2: Each study should test only one theory.
Rationale 3: This is a true statement. Theories are often broken down into parts, with the parts being tested in different studies.
Rationale 4: Theories are tested in qualitative and quantitative studies.




Sportsfan2111

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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