PUBH 475: MIDTERM #1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Characteristics of good research
Answer:
-Informed by previous research and thorough review of the literature
-connected to theory
-Apolitical, objective, and logical
-Designed to answer a question or solve a problem
-Can be replicated or repeated with similar findings
-Can be generalized to larger population, other settings
-Requires patient, unhurried activity Involves rigorous analysis of data Results are reported for others to
utilize and/or critique
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2. deductive reasoning
Answer:
starts out with a theory then a general statement, or hypothesis, and examines the possibilities to reach a
specific, logical conclusion
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3. inductive reasoning
Answer:
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
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4. Quantitative Research
, Answer:
Goal: predict;test hypothesis Data:numeric Deductive Design: structured Method: experiment/correlation
Data collection: tests/surveys NO ADJUSTMENTS Sample: large/random time: Shorter Generalizable:
yes Researcher: is INDEPENDENT/DISTANT from study
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5. Qualitative Research
Answer:
Goal: to understand Data: non-numeric Inductive Design: flexible Method: case study/ethnography Data
collection: interviews/observations Adjustments are allowed Sample: small/purposeful Time: longer
Generalizable: no Researcher: is CLOSE to participants
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6. mixed methods
Answer:
A research approach that combines quantitative and qualitative elements; it involves the description of the
measurable state of a phenomenon and the individual's subjective response to it.
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7. Sections of a scientific paper
Answer:
(1) Title, Abstract,Introduction/Background (2) Materials and methods (3)Results (4)
Discussion/Conclusion (5) References
Question:
8. literature review
Answer:
a thorough search through previously published studies relevant to a particular topic
Question:
9. concept
Answer:
the building blocks or primary elements of a theory symbolized as a cloud
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10. constructs
Answer:
concepts developed or adopted for use in a particular theory; Circle
Question:
11. Variables
Answer:
operational forms of constructs. They define a way to be measured; rectangle
Question:
12. Causal Theory
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Characteristics of good research
Answer:
-Informed by previous research and thorough review of the literature
-connected to theory
-Apolitical, objective, and logical
-Designed to answer a question or solve a problem
-Can be replicated or repeated with similar findings
-Can be generalized to larger population, other settings
-Requires patient, unhurried activity Involves rigorous analysis of data Results are reported for others to
utilize and/or critique
Question:
2. deductive reasoning
Answer:
starts out with a theory then a general statement, or hypothesis, and examines the possibilities to reach a
specific, logical conclusion
Question:
3. inductive reasoning
Answer:
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
Question:
4. Quantitative Research
, Answer:
Goal: predict;test hypothesis Data:numeric Deductive Design: structured Method: experiment/correlation
Data collection: tests/surveys NO ADJUSTMENTS Sample: large/random time: Shorter Generalizable:
yes Researcher: is INDEPENDENT/DISTANT from study
Question:
5. Qualitative Research
Answer:
Goal: to understand Data: non-numeric Inductive Design: flexible Method: case study/ethnography Data
collection: interviews/observations Adjustments are allowed Sample: small/purposeful Time: longer
Generalizable: no Researcher: is CLOSE to participants
Question:
6. mixed methods
Answer:
A research approach that combines quantitative and qualitative elements; it involves the description of the
measurable state of a phenomenon and the individual's subjective response to it.
Question:
7. Sections of a scientific paper
Answer:
(1) Title, Abstract,Introduction/Background (2) Materials and methods (3)Results (4)
Discussion/Conclusion (5) References
Question:
8. literature review
Answer:
a thorough search through previously published studies relevant to a particular topic
Question:
9. concept
Answer:
the building blocks or primary elements of a theory symbolized as a cloud
Question:
10. constructs
Answer:
concepts developed or adopted for use in a particular theory; Circle
Question:
11. Variables
Answer:
operational forms of constructs. They define a way to be measured; rectangle
Question:
12. Causal Theory
