What difference, if any, exists between a research question and a hypothesis?
a. A research question is practice based, and a hypothesis is theory based.
b. A hypothesis attempts to answer the question posed by the research problem.
c. A research problem defines clinical research and a hypothesis defines basic research.
d. There is no difference between a research problem and a hypothesis.
ANS: B
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A Although a hypothesis is sometimes theory based, sometimes it is not. Similarly, research questions are not always practice based. Sometimes they originate in educational theory that relates to nursing education research, and sometimes they originate in basic, rather than applied, research.
B A hypothesis attempts to answer the research question.
C Research problems are present in all types of research, and a hypothesis may be present in basic or applied research.
D Hypotheses and research questions are not identical. Hypotheses flow from research questions and suggest the ways the questions can be investigated.
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