A student completes her master's thesis on correlates of ...

[khang]

A student completes her master's thesis on correlates of depression in retired airline pilots, and it is shelved in the library. Has this student communicated her research findings?
 
  a. Yes, because the thesis is in the library and can be accessed.
  b. No, because the findings have not been made available to persons who will utilize them.
  c. Yes, because the students in this particular master's program often discuss their work in progress.
  d. No, because if the findings do not appear in print in a nursing journal, they have not been communicated.

Question 2

A researcher conducting a study to examine linkages among age, gender, driver's license suspension, and zip code poverty, educational level, and income, sourced from the records of the State Department of Motor Vehicles,
 
  is using which of the following types of research?
  a. Descriptive research
  b. Correlational research
  c. Problem solving
  d. Triangulation

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Research is not considered complete until the findings have been communicated. Communicating research findings involves developing and disseminating a research report to appropriate audiences; the research report is disseminated through presentations and publications. Analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and writing a report of the findings are essential steps in conducting researchbut they do not complete the process.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Through descriptive research, concepts are described and relationships are identified but not examined. A researcher conducting a study to examine linear relationships between two or more variables is using the quantitative research process for correlational research.
In descriptive and correlational studies, no treatment is administered, so the study design centers on describing variables, examining relationships, and improving the precision of measurement. In descriptive research concepts are explored and phenomena are described in real-life situations. This approach is used to generate new knowledge about concepts or topics about which limited or no research has been conducted. In correlational research linear relationships between two or more variables are explored and the strength between variables is quantified.

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TYSM

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