CLINICAL RESEARCH APPLICATIONS TO
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
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QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● What are the five ways of knowing in research?
Answer: 1) Sensory experience 2) Agreement with others 3) Expert
opinion 4) Logic (reasoning) 5) Scientific method.
●● What is the first step in the scientific method?
Answer: Identify the problem or question.
●● What does clinical research focus on?
Answer: Clinical research focuses on patients.
●● Define Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM).
Answer: The process of systematically finding, appraising, and using
contemporary research findings as the basis for clinical decisions.
●● What are the two main approaches to clinical research?
Answer: 1) Quantitative - deals with numbers 2) Qualitative - deals with
words.
, ●● What distinguishes experimental research from observational
research?
Answer: Experimental research involves investigator-assigned
exposures, while observational research does not.
●● What are some common clinical research designs?
Answer: 1) Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) 2) Controlled Clinical
Trials (CCT) 3) Cohort studies 4) Case-Control studies 5) Cross-
sectional studies.
●● What is the difference between analytic and descriptive research
designs?
Answer: Analytic designs test hypotheses and examine relationships,
while descriptive designs summarize characteristics of a population.
●● What is mixed methods research?
Answer: Mixed methods research combines both quantitative and
qualitative approaches to provide a comprehensive understanding of a
research question.
●● What is a randomized controlled trial (RCT)?
Answer: A study design that randomly assigns participants into an
experimental group or a control group to measure the effect of an
intervention.
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION VERIFIED
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
●● What are the five ways of knowing in research?
Answer: 1) Sensory experience 2) Agreement with others 3) Expert
opinion 4) Logic (reasoning) 5) Scientific method.
●● What is the first step in the scientific method?
Answer: Identify the problem or question.
●● What does clinical research focus on?
Answer: Clinical research focuses on patients.
●● Define Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM).
Answer: The process of systematically finding, appraising, and using
contemporary research findings as the basis for clinical decisions.
●● What are the two main approaches to clinical research?
Answer: 1) Quantitative - deals with numbers 2) Qualitative - deals with
words.
, ●● What distinguishes experimental research from observational
research?
Answer: Experimental research involves investigator-assigned
exposures, while observational research does not.
●● What are some common clinical research designs?
Answer: 1) Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) 2) Controlled Clinical
Trials (CCT) 3) Cohort studies 4) Case-Control studies 5) Cross-
sectional studies.
●● What is the difference between analytic and descriptive research
designs?
Answer: Analytic designs test hypotheses and examine relationships,
while descriptive designs summarize characteristics of a population.
●● What is mixed methods research?
Answer: Mixed methods research combines both quantitative and
qualitative approaches to provide a comprehensive understanding of a
research question.
●● What is a randomized controlled trial (RCT)?
Answer: A study design that randomly assigns participants into an
experimental group or a control group to measure the effect of an
intervention.
