Reg. No.:…………………
First Year M.Sc Nursing Degree Supplementary Examinations
March 2018
NURSING RESEARCH STATISTICS
(Common for all specialties)
(2016 Scheme)
Time: 3 hrs Max Marks: 100
Answer all questions
Answer Section A and B in separate answer books
Draw Diagrams wherever necessary
Q.P. Code: 113375 Section A Nursing Research Max. Marks: 75
Long Essays: (2x15=30)
1. Discuss various data collection approaches and elaborate the means of ensuring the
quality in data collection
2. Mention the different qualitative design and explain any one design with example
Short Essays: (3x10=30)
3. Discuss the various types of hypotheses with examples
4. Explain the steps in developing conceptual framework
5. Discuss the procedures that you would undertake as a researcher to protect the study
participant
Short Notes:
6. Probability sampling
7. Sources of literature review
8. Evidence based practice
Q.P. Code: 114375 Section B Statistics Max. Marks: 25
Long Essays:
1. Define and explain the uses of birth rate, post neonatal mortality rate, infant mortality
rate, incidence rate and prevalence rate
Short Notes:
2. Correlation coefficient
3. Probability
4. Parametric test