HSC 300 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(ALREADY GRADED A+)
What type of question forces respondents to select answers that do not truly express
their status or opinions? - Answer- closed ended
The goal of recruiting is to maximize the participation rate among members of a sample
population so as to yield a study population that is reasonably representative of the
source population. - Answer- true
Only a few out of every hundred calls made by random-digit dialing may yield one
person willing to participate in the survey. - Answer- true
Which of the following is the highest cost associated with interviews? - Answer-
personnel
Focus groups often use homogeneous sampling to recruit participants with similar
backgrounds, experiences, or perspectives. - Answer- true
what type of data collection starts with a list of open-ended questions, which are
followed up with more questions to provide a more complete or specific response? -
Answer- in depth interview
What type of observation involves the researcher studying participants in a laboratory in
full view of the participants? - Answer- controlled
A well-trained clinician can make accurate and reliable assessments of many health
states that machines are unable to assess well. - Answer- true
Which of the following may be helpful for identifying the presence of a disease or
markers for a disease? - Answer- Laboratory analysis of biological specimens
Investigators who make their data available to the public expect to be coauthors on
papers written by independent analysts. - Answer- false
, Which of the following applies advanced techniques from information science and
computer science to the compilation and analysis of health data? - Answer- health
informatics
What is the major limitation when using existing clinical records? - Answer- incomplete
Which of the following is defined as looking up every article cited by eligible articles in
order to identify other articles that might be relevant but not indexed in the selected
databases? - Answer- snowballing
When writing a research proposal, the researcher should assume that the readers of the
proposal have an in-depth knowledge of the particular research area - Answer- false
The methods section of the research proposal needs to convince the reader that the
proposed approach to answering the study question is a valid and efficient one that is
worth bankrolling. - Answer- true
Which of the following usually requires that a particular deliverable, such as a
commissioned report, be submitted to the funding agency by the end of the agreement?
- Answer- contract
When a funder reaches out to a researcher and asks that person to submit a
__________, the organization might offer a contract rather than a grant. - Answer-
preproposal
The five steps of the research process can vary according to the goal of the research
project or according to what methods are used. - Answer- False
Population health focuses on the outcomes and determinants of health in groups of
humans - Answer- true
Demography is often used as a tool in what type of research? - Answer- population
health research
What is the 4th step in the research process? - Answer- analyzing the data
Questions derived from practice often point toward an unmet demand for needs
assessments, program evaluations and clinical effectiveness studies - Answer- true
The only way to truly understand a study is to read the full text of the article - Answer-
true
For a research project to be considered original in needs to have only one substantive
difference from previous work - Answer- true
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(ALREADY GRADED A+)
What type of question forces respondents to select answers that do not truly express
their status or opinions? - Answer- closed ended
The goal of recruiting is to maximize the participation rate among members of a sample
population so as to yield a study population that is reasonably representative of the
source population. - Answer- true
Only a few out of every hundred calls made by random-digit dialing may yield one
person willing to participate in the survey. - Answer- true
Which of the following is the highest cost associated with interviews? - Answer-
personnel
Focus groups often use homogeneous sampling to recruit participants with similar
backgrounds, experiences, or perspectives. - Answer- true
what type of data collection starts with a list of open-ended questions, which are
followed up with more questions to provide a more complete or specific response? -
Answer- in depth interview
What type of observation involves the researcher studying participants in a laboratory in
full view of the participants? - Answer- controlled
A well-trained clinician can make accurate and reliable assessments of many health
states that machines are unable to assess well. - Answer- true
Which of the following may be helpful for identifying the presence of a disease or
markers for a disease? - Answer- Laboratory analysis of biological specimens
Investigators who make their data available to the public expect to be coauthors on
papers written by independent analysts. - Answer- false
, Which of the following applies advanced techniques from information science and
computer science to the compilation and analysis of health data? - Answer- health
informatics
What is the major limitation when using existing clinical records? - Answer- incomplete
Which of the following is defined as looking up every article cited by eligible articles in
order to identify other articles that might be relevant but not indexed in the selected
databases? - Answer- snowballing
When writing a research proposal, the researcher should assume that the readers of the
proposal have an in-depth knowledge of the particular research area - Answer- false
The methods section of the research proposal needs to convince the reader that the
proposed approach to answering the study question is a valid and efficient one that is
worth bankrolling. - Answer- true
Which of the following usually requires that a particular deliverable, such as a
commissioned report, be submitted to the funding agency by the end of the agreement?
- Answer- contract
When a funder reaches out to a researcher and asks that person to submit a
__________, the organization might offer a contract rather than a grant. - Answer-
preproposal
The five steps of the research process can vary according to the goal of the research
project or according to what methods are used. - Answer- False
Population health focuses on the outcomes and determinants of health in groups of
humans - Answer- true
Demography is often used as a tool in what type of research? - Answer- population
health research
What is the 4th step in the research process? - Answer- analyzing the data
Questions derived from practice often point toward an unmet demand for needs
assessments, program evaluations and clinical effectiveness studies - Answer- true
The only way to truly understand a study is to read the full text of the article - Answer-
true
For a research project to be considered original in needs to have only one substantive
difference from previous work - Answer- true
