Research

Biostatistics
1. Gender, age-class, religion, type of disease, and blood group are measured on:
a) Nominal scale of measurement
b) Ordinal scale of measurement
c) Interval scale of measurement
d) Ratio scale of measurement
2. Which scale of measurement has an absolute zero?
a) Nominal
b) Ordinal
c) Interval
d) Ratio
3. All the following are measures of central tendency, except:
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) Variance
4. Type I errors occur:
a) When the null hypothesis is rejected but it should have been retained.
b) Accepting the null hypothesis when it should have been rejected.
c) Considering the alternate hypothesis as false when it actually it was true.
d) When the obtained p-value is higher than 0.05.
5. Standard error is calculated by:
a) Dividing standard deviation by the square root of the sample size.
b) Dividing number of nominated outcome by number of possible outcome.
c) Adding all the numbers and then dividing by the numbers of observations.
d) Arranging the numbers in numerical order, then taking the middle one.
6. In a negatively skewed distribution, the mean generally falls to:
a) The left of the median and the median usually lies to the left of the mode.
b) The right of the median and the median usually lies to the right of the mode.
c) The middle of median and mode.
d) The centre of the distribution.
7. Best graph for demonstration of relationship between ages and weight is:
a) Bar Diagram
b) Histogram
c) Scatter
d) Pie diagram
8. For determination of which statistical parameter requires quantities to be arranged in an
ascending or descending order?
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) SD
9. In statistics, spread of dispersion is described by:
 a) Median
b) Mode
c) Standard deviation
d) Mean
10. Among the measure of dispersion which is the most frequently used:
a) Range
b) Mean
c) Median
d) Standard deviation

Nursing Research:

1. Which research refers to the scientific study and research that seeks to solve the
practical problems ,
a) Basic research
b) Applied research
c) Exploratory research
2. --------------------------- is the classical form of the research.
a) Experiment
b) Case study
c) Grounded theory
d) Narrative inquiry
3. Conducting the surveys is the most common method of generating ,
a) Primary data
b) Secondary data
c) Qualitative data
d) None of the above
4. The following are the synonyms of the independent variable except
a) Stimulus
b) Manipulated
c) Consequences
d) Presumed causes
5. The following are the synonyms of the dependent variable except
a) Presumed effects
b) Measured outcomes
c) Response
d) Predicted form
6. If the researcher is concerned with finding out who, what, where , when and how
much then the study is known as,
a) Exploratory
b) Descriptive
c) Empirical
d) Causal
7. A set f systematically inter-related concepts, definitions, and propositions that are
advanced to explain and predict the phenomena is called,
a) Research
 b) Model
c) Theory
d) None of the above
8. A study is based on 30 people (across three focus groups). what type of study is this,
a) Structured study
b) Qualitative study
c) Quantitative study
d) Questionnaire study
9. The term used to describe suspending preconceptions and learned feelings about a
phenomenon is called:
a) Axial coding
b) Design flexibility
c) Bracketing
d) Ethnography
10. ------------------ is a general methodology for developing theory that is based on data
systematically gathered and analyzed.
a) Theory confirmation
b) Grounded theory
c) Theory deduction
d) All of the above
11. How is nursing research significant to the profession of nursing?
a) It allows nursing responsibility to be more specifically defined.
b) It allows liability within the practice of nursing to be decreased.
c) It allows a specialized body of knowledge to be generated for use in health care
delivery.
d) It allows the scope of nursing practice to be expanded into areas formerly reserved
for other disciplines.
12. What action or strategy limits rather than promotes the depth of nursing research?
a) Addressing physiologic and psychological responses to actual or potential health
problems
b) Employing qualitative methods and quantitative methods in the same study

c) Developing programs of research that build on prior investigations

d) Using singular measures to assess phenomena
 Biostat

1. The sample size of a group is 64 and the mean weight of this group is 50 kgs. The
standard deviation is 2.4. Find the standard error of the sample ? (2)
2. Differentiate between nominal and ordinal scale? (2)
3. Write properties of normal curve? (2)
4. Draw a component bar diagram? (2)
Admissions taken in college in years of male students.
Year , 2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,
Males, 100,50,75,35,40

Nursing Research

1. Define the following terms. (5)

i. Sampling
ii. Bias
iii. Ethics
iv. Ethnography
v. Experimental studies
2. What are the sources of evidence based practices? (3)
3. Why quantitative studies are preferred than qualitative studies? (2)
4. What is paradigm, enlist the types of paradigm? (4)
5. What are the privacy and autonomy in nursing research? (2)
6. Enlist the roles of nurses in nursing research? (4)