A nurse researcher has written the research question, "Is there a correlation between anxiety and midterm examination scores of first-year baccalaureate nursing students?" What information about the population should the researcher include in the study hypothesis? Standard Text: Select all that apply

Question

1. Nursing students
2. Anxiety
3. Midterm examination
4. Baccalaureate
5. First-year

Answer 1

1, 4, 5
Rationale 1: The population needs to be defined specifically in the hypothesis and should match the problem statement, so "nursing students" would be included.
Rationale 2: Anxiety is a variable, not part of the population.
Rationale 3: Midterm examination is a descriptor of the score, not part of the population.
Rationale 4: The population needs to be defined specifically in the hypothesis and should match the problem statement, so "baccalaureate" would be included as it describes what kind of students.
Rationale 5: The population needs to be defined specifically in the hypothesis and should match the problem statement, so "first-year" would be included as it describes what kind of students.
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