MDSC2000 STUDY GUIDE WITH
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS [
GRADED A+]
benefits of qualitative research - ✔✔describes a broad range of
theoretical perspectives and research strategies
incidence in epidemiological studies - ✔✔number of instances of
health-related events in a defined population in a specific period of
time
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
,interpretivism - ✔✔scientific empiricism cannot be applied to the social
world, so focuses on interpretations of human actions to understand
social constructs
compare quantitative and qualitative research - ✔✔quantitative:
limited, objective, universal, artificial environments, narrow, used for
theory testing
qualitative: unlimited, subjective, detailed, realistic, broad, used for
theory generation
advantages and disadvantages of cross-sectional studies -
✔✔advantages: quick, economic, feasible, study of several diseases
disadvantages: temporal ambiguity, measurement and survivor bias
phase III clinical trial - ✔✔evaluates treatment against a placebo
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
, confounding - ✔✔distortion of the measure of an exposure due to the
association of the exposure with other factors influencing the outcome
epistemology - ✔✔theory of knowledge concerned with the reasoning
for choice of methodology
phase II clinical trial - ✔✔increase in population sizes, estimates
treatment efficacy, cost and safety
phase II of drug development - ✔✔early clinical studies in patients,
refine dose and frequency of administration, <500 patients
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS [
GRADED A+]
benefits of qualitative research - ✔✔describes a broad range of
theoretical perspectives and research strategies
incidence in epidemiological studies - ✔✔number of instances of
health-related events in a defined population in a specific period of
time
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
,interpretivism - ✔✔scientific empiricism cannot be applied to the social
world, so focuses on interpretations of human actions to understand
social constructs
compare quantitative and qualitative research - ✔✔quantitative:
limited, objective, universal, artificial environments, narrow, used for
theory testing
qualitative: unlimited, subjective, detailed, realistic, broad, used for
theory generation
advantages and disadvantages of cross-sectional studies -
✔✔advantages: quick, economic, feasible, study of several diseases
disadvantages: temporal ambiguity, measurement and survivor bias
phase III clinical trial - ✔✔evaluates treatment against a placebo
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
, confounding - ✔✔distortion of the measure of an exposure due to the
association of the exposure with other factors influencing the outcome
epistemology - ✔✔theory of knowledge concerned with the reasoning
for choice of methodology
phase II clinical trial - ✔✔increase in population sizes, estimates
treatment efficacy, cost and safety
phase II of drug development - ✔✔early clinical studies in patients,
refine dose and frequency of administration, <500 patients
©morren2024/2025.Year published 2024.
