DOMAIN I: Types of Research and Research
Designs
1. What is the Null hypothesis?: No relationship in population of data
2. What four things are associated with Meta- anaylsis?: QUOROM,
PRISMA, MOOSE, CONSORT
3. What section of a research study do you discuss the
interpretation of the results?: Discussion section
4. Research can be broadly described as what two categories?:
Descriptive and analytical
5. What are the types of descriptive research?: Qualitative, case report, surveys,
correlation studies
6. Analytical research can prove what?: Cause and ettect
7. What are the types of analytical research?: Experimental, Quasi, Cohort, Case
control, Cross sectional
8. What is the Hawthorne Effect?: Positive response due to attention that participants
receive
9. What type of experiment is a time series method?: Quasi-experimental
design
10. What is a cohort study?: Also called an incidence study carried out over long
periods of time
11. What do case control studies focus on?: Specific diseases
12. What study has a one time data collection method?: Cross-sectional
studies or preva-lence, "snap shot"
13. IRB can also be known as what?: IEC, ERB or REB
14. What is the tool used to measure validity?: ANOVA
15. If protocol involves screening for a specific condition what
should you use?: Sensitivity and specificity
16. What is sensitivity?: Proportion of afflicted ppl who test positive
17. What is specificity?: proportion of non afflicted ppl identified as non afflicted
18. What are examples of nominal variables?: Gender, race, marital status,
present or absent
19. What is an example of a numerical continuous variable?: BP
20. Dependent variables are what?: Outcomes
21. Independent variable are what?: what you manipulate
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Designs
1. What is the Null hypothesis?: No relationship in population of data
2. What four things are associated with Meta- anaylsis?: QUOROM,
PRISMA, MOOSE, CONSORT
3. What section of a research study do you discuss the
interpretation of the results?: Discussion section
4. Research can be broadly described as what two categories?:
Descriptive and analytical
5. What are the types of descriptive research?: Qualitative, case report, surveys,
correlation studies
6. Analytical research can prove what?: Cause and ettect
7. What are the types of analytical research?: Experimental, Quasi, Cohort, Case
control, Cross sectional
8. What is the Hawthorne Effect?: Positive response due to attention that participants
receive
9. What type of experiment is a time series method?: Quasi-experimental
design
10. What is a cohort study?: Also called an incidence study carried out over long
periods of time
11. What do case control studies focus on?: Specific diseases
12. What study has a one time data collection method?: Cross-sectional
studies or preva-lence, "snap shot"
13. IRB can also be known as what?: IEC, ERB or REB
14. What is the tool used to measure validity?: ANOVA
15. If protocol involves screening for a specific condition what
should you use?: Sensitivity and specificity
16. What is sensitivity?: Proportion of afflicted ppl who test positive
17. What is specificity?: proportion of non afflicted ppl identified as non afflicted
18. What are examples of nominal variables?: Gender, race, marital status,
present or absent
19. What is an example of a numerical continuous variable?: BP
20. Dependent variables are what?: Outcomes
21. Independent variable are what?: what you manipulate
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