The nurse researcher has identified the study problem and variables. The nurse is now writing a formal statement of the expected relationship between the variables in a specific population. What portion of the study is the researcher developing?
1. Research question
2. Hypothesis
3. Objective
4. Variable
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Rationale 1: The research question is a statement of what the study concerns.
Rationale 2: A hypothesis is the expected relationship between two or more variables in a population.
Rationale 3: The researcher may have the objective or goal of studying a particular question and should remain objective during the study, but the term "objective" does not describe the relationship between variables.
Rationale 4: The variables in a study are generally either dependent (affected by the independent variable) or independent (affecting the independent variable). The statement being written regards the relationship between these variables.
Global Rationale:
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