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Critical Reasoning/Applied
Research Review RCE 2601
Questions with Correct Answers
Which of the following is not a reason for reviewing the
literature?
a. creating the null hypothesis
b. developing the research hypothesis
c. developing the method
d. identifying and defining the problem - ANS ✅a. creating the
null hypothesis
Which choice below is an example of an inferential statistical
use in rehabilitation research? (use of stats to make
inferences about the population from sample data)
a. Confidence Interval
b. p-value or probability value
c. Mean, median, or mode
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d. % change or Effect Size - ANS ✅b. p value or probability value
Consider uses of research in rehabilitation. Which of the
following is consistent with the primary purposes of
rehabilitation research?
a.
To improve patient and clinical care
b.
Improve the use of descriptive and inferential statistics
c.
To develop positivistic theory
d.
To develop naturalistic theory - ANS ✅a.
To improve patient and clinical care
For which type of research paradigm is it imperative to
control as many parts of the intervention as possible?
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a.
Qualitative
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b.
Quantitative - ANS ✅b.
Quantitative
A researcher wants to examine the effect of an intervention
on gross motor function while controlling for age. In this
example, the intervention is the:
a.
Control variable
b.
Extraneous variable
c.
Dependent variable
d.
Independent variable - ANS ✅d.
Independent variable
Examples of primary research sources in a literature review
are
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Critical Reasoning/Applied Research Review
Critical Reasoning
Critical Reasoning/Applied
Research Review RCE 2601
Questions with Correct Answers
Which of the following is not a reason for reviewing the
literature?
a. creating the null hypothesis
b. developing the research hypothesis
c. developing the method
d. identifying and defining the problem - ANS ✅a. creating the
null hypothesis
Which choice below is an example of an inferential statistical
use in rehabilitation research? (use of stats to make
inferences about the population from sample data)
a. Confidence Interval
b. p-value or probability value
c. Mean, median, or mode
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d. % change or Effect Size - ANS ✅b. p value or probability value
Consider uses of research in rehabilitation. Which of the
following is consistent with the primary purposes of
rehabilitation research?
a.
To improve patient and clinical care
b.
Improve the use of descriptive and inferential statistics
c.
To develop positivistic theory
d.
To develop naturalistic theory - ANS ✅a.
To improve patient and clinical care
For which type of research paradigm is it imperative to
control as many parts of the intervention as possible?
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a.
Qualitative
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b.
Quantitative - ANS ✅b.
Quantitative
A researcher wants to examine the effect of an intervention
on gross motor function while controlling for age. In this
example, the intervention is the:
a.
Control variable
b.
Extraneous variable
c.
Dependent variable
d.
Independent variable - ANS ✅d.
Independent variable
Examples of primary research sources in a literature review
are
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