Deck 14: Conclusions: Identifying the Interpretations and Implications of a Study

Question 1

Which of the following implications for practice would be least important to include in a research report?

A) Elaborate on how different audiences may benefit from the results
B) Recommend useful actions in response to the new knowledge that resulted from the study
C) Suggesting follow-up studies to confirm the results
D) Make suggestions that practitioners might use in their practice settings

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is typically discussed in a conclusion section of a quantitative research report?

A) How results compared to the predictions from theory
B) Personal reflections of the researcher
C) Summary of the major themes
D) Issues that limit the ability to develop a rich description

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What are the implications of a research study?

A) Suggestions for the usefulness of the study for audiences
B) Assessments of the study's significance
C) What the researcher implied to set out to accomplish
D) Potential weaknesses in the study's procedures that implicate the results

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Based on these results, teachers working with non-English speaking parents may want to assign a mentor to each child's parents for the first parent-teacher conference of the year. This statement would best fit in which of the following elements of a research study conclusion?

A) The researcher's personal reflections about the meaning of the data
B) Implications and suggestions for practice
C) Future research needs
D) Summary of major results

Question 5

Which of the following is typically discussed in a conclusion section of a qualitative research report?

A) Impersonal reflections of the researcher
B) Detailed discussion of the thematic results
C) Discussion of how the results compared to predictions
D) Personal reflections of the researcher

Question 6

I am amazed at the resiliency that these nurses demonstrated in their work and realized that I began to employ new strategies in my own work with clients. This statement would best fit in which of the following elements of a research study conclusion?

A) The researcher's personal reflections about the meaning of the data
B) Summary of major results
C) Implications and suggestions for practice
D) Future research needs

Question 7

Which best describes how authors provide a summary of the major results in a study?

A) They discuss the specific results.
B) They discuss general conclusions about the results.
C) They compare the results to prior research.
D) They add up the scores in a quantitative study.

Question 8

This study uncovered five major themes related to parents supporting their children to quit smoking: cheerleading, dictating, motivating, guilt-tripping, and ignoring. This statement would best fit in which of the following elements of a research study conclusion?

A) The researcher's personal reflections about the meaning of the data
B) Summary of major results
C) Limitations of the study
D) Implications and suggestions for practice

Question 9

Which of the following documents would you be surprised to find in the appendices?

A) Data collection instruments
B) Sample interview protocols
C) Funding acknowledgements
D) Output form statistical analysis

Question 10

Which of the following reasons best describes why researchers write conclusions sections as part of their research reports?

A) To report the procedures used to collect data
B) To provide the author's interpretation of the results
C) To state the study's research questions in one place
D) To present results that answer the study's research questions

Question 11

Which of the following would you expect to find discussed as a limitation of a quantitative research study?

A) An assessment of how bad the study is
B) Lack of control of confounding variables
C) Shortcomings in the purposeful sampling procedures
D) The challenge of implementing the solution in practice

Question 12

As a consumer of research, it is important to review references in order to…

A) Determine if researchers included current references
B) Ascertain if the references are from credible, peer-reviewed sources
C) Help you more easily identify other studies on your topic
D) All of the above

Question 13

The results may not generalize to all parents due to the small size of the sample and the use of a convenience, rather than a probability sample. This statement would best fit in which of the following elements of a research study conclusion?

A) Limitations of the study
B) Implications and suggestions for practice
C) Summary of major results
D) The researcher's personal reflections about the meaning of the data

Question 14

Which of the following describes how you would most expect a researcher to use literature in the conclusion section?

A) A discussion of the theory that directed the study
B) A discussion of the literature that provided a model for the study's methods
C) A discussion of the other studies that have been done to follow up on the results
D) A discussion of how the results confirm those found by prior studies

Question 15

New research on coping skills should also include children with diabetes in addition to those with asthma. This statement would best fit in which of the following elements of a research study conclusion?

A) The researcher's personal reflections about the meaning of the data
B) Implications and suggestions for practice
C) Future research needs
D) Limitations of the study

Question 16

The significance of the study highlights which of the following elements?

A) What the study accomplished
B) What new knowledge was generated
C) Why this knowledge is important
D) All of the above

Question 17

References in education and the social science publications typically appear in what order?

A) The order in which they appear within the text
B) Publication date order with the most recent listed first
C) Alphabetically by title
D) Alphabetically based on the last name of the first author

Question 18

Which of the following would be unlikely to find in a note for a research report?

A) How to contact the author
B) Specific additional information about a point made in the text
C) An abstract of the study
D) Who funded the study

Question 19

Which of the following would be appropriate to find discussed as a limitation of a qualitative research study?

A) A small sample size
B) The need for future research that includes numbers
C) The subjectivity of the researcher that influences the interpretations of the study
D) Data collection that was not extensive enough to provide a rich description

Question 20

Which of the following would you expect to find discussed as a limitation of an action research study?

A) A small sample size
B) Shortcomings in the purposeful sampling procedures
C) Inadequate measures of the variables
D) The challenge of implementing the solution in practice