Research Speech Pathology Test- Updated Exam
Questions and 100% Correct Answers
What might be personal, professional, and ethical reasons to conduct research?
Personal - to complete one's education or to improve one's job security in an academic setting
where tenure and promotion depend on research productivity. Professional - contribute to pool of
knowledge about treatment of clients and maintaining quality clinical services.
Ethical- to be able answer questions about the efficacy of tx. To increase our professional
credibility and validity
Differentiate between Efficacy and effectiveness. what is used in Speech- language
pathology and audiology?
Efficacy-benefit of an intervention plan as compared to a control/standard program.
Effectiveness - the benefits and use of the procedure under "real world" conditions.
How did research evolve in the speech-language pathology and Audiology professions?
1968-9 Dr Paden began write a hx of ASHA
1970-Paden wrote a book about years from 1925- 1958
Dec 1925 - American Academy of Speech Correction 5 men and 6 women: focus on establishing
classifications and terminology for the field, Summarizing thesis projects, developing
bibliography and investigating stuttering, accent mod. and pohonetic description of "careless
speech".
1935- Journal of Speech Disorders established
1936 - 1st issue w/ 3articles (foreign dialect, deft palate, ant stg)
Renamed to Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders.
,first 20 years focused on stuttering then general topics and therapy and"audiometry"
1936-1949 - Articles more clinically oriented
1950-1957- focus articles w/ research
1958- Publication of Journal of Speech and Hearing Research focused on research & Journal of
Speech and Hearing disorders focused on research on clinical application.
1970- Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools began publication.
1990- Journal of Speech and Hearing disorder became American Journal of Audiology: A
Journal of Clinical Practice and American Journal of Speech Language Pathology: A Journal of
Clinical Practice published in 1991
1998- Jan. American Academy of Audiology (AAA) founded
2004- ASHA develop the Advisory committee on Evidence -Based Practice
2006- Duchan developed a website that documents the hx of speech language pathology during
19+h and 20th centuries
What are some sources of knowledge? what might be some problems with these sources?
Sources - tradition, authority, trial and error, and logical reasoning. These sources may be limited
by a lack of empirical research principles an unsystematic use of variables, lack of control for
critical variables, or stifling of new knowledge and thought
Describe the scientific method. Why is the issue of experimental control difficult for some
studies in clinical practice?
...Scientific Approach - a system.atic, empirical, controlled and Critical examination of a
hypothetical propositions about the association among natural phenomena. when applied to
, humans we should recognize variables could influence results given that we can't control all
variables.
what are 3 major +ypes of research? How can these be viewed along a continuum?
3 types: descriptive, exploratory, and experimental. Descriptive = describes populations
Exploratory = find relationship Experimental = cause and Effect
what is developmental research?
AKA descriptive research. It systematically describe situations/events as they naturally occur.
Distributions of selected dependent Variables is observed and recorded. It studies group
differences, developmental trends, and relationships among variables. If it is focused on changes
Over time it can be longitudinal, cross-sectional, or- semi-longitudinal
Compare cross-sectionals, longitudinal and semilongitudinal
cross-Sectional - selecting Subjects from different age groups and dbsenray the differences
between behavior and characteristics. less costly and less time consuming and less subjected to
reduced subjects.
longitudinal - same group followed overtime. Expensive,time Consuming, and probable
reduction of subjects .
semi longitudinal- a 'compromise between cross-sectional and longitudinal only taking the
strength of both. Instead of looking at the total age span they study several overlapping age span,
selecting subjects who are the lower edge of each new age span and following them
what are some problems with doing historical research? How might these problems be
resolved?
Questions and 100% Correct Answers
What might be personal, professional, and ethical reasons to conduct research?
Personal - to complete one's education or to improve one's job security in an academic setting
where tenure and promotion depend on research productivity. Professional - contribute to pool of
knowledge about treatment of clients and maintaining quality clinical services.
Ethical- to be able answer questions about the efficacy of tx. To increase our professional
credibility and validity
Differentiate between Efficacy and effectiveness. what is used in Speech- language
pathology and audiology?
Efficacy-benefit of an intervention plan as compared to a control/standard program.
Effectiveness - the benefits and use of the procedure under "real world" conditions.
How did research evolve in the speech-language pathology and Audiology professions?
1968-9 Dr Paden began write a hx of ASHA
1970-Paden wrote a book about years from 1925- 1958
Dec 1925 - American Academy of Speech Correction 5 men and 6 women: focus on establishing
classifications and terminology for the field, Summarizing thesis projects, developing
bibliography and investigating stuttering, accent mod. and pohonetic description of "careless
speech".
1935- Journal of Speech Disorders established
1936 - 1st issue w/ 3articles (foreign dialect, deft palate, ant stg)
Renamed to Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders.
,first 20 years focused on stuttering then general topics and therapy and"audiometry"
1936-1949 - Articles more clinically oriented
1950-1957- focus articles w/ research
1958- Publication of Journal of Speech and Hearing Research focused on research & Journal of
Speech and Hearing disorders focused on research on clinical application.
1970- Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools began publication.
1990- Journal of Speech and Hearing disorder became American Journal of Audiology: A
Journal of Clinical Practice and American Journal of Speech Language Pathology: A Journal of
Clinical Practice published in 1991
1998- Jan. American Academy of Audiology (AAA) founded
2004- ASHA develop the Advisory committee on Evidence -Based Practice
2006- Duchan developed a website that documents the hx of speech language pathology during
19+h and 20th centuries
What are some sources of knowledge? what might be some problems with these sources?
Sources - tradition, authority, trial and error, and logical reasoning. These sources may be limited
by a lack of empirical research principles an unsystematic use of variables, lack of control for
critical variables, or stifling of new knowledge and thought
Describe the scientific method. Why is the issue of experimental control difficult for some
studies in clinical practice?
...Scientific Approach - a system.atic, empirical, controlled and Critical examination of a
hypothetical propositions about the association among natural phenomena. when applied to
, humans we should recognize variables could influence results given that we can't control all
variables.
what are 3 major +ypes of research? How can these be viewed along a continuum?
3 types: descriptive, exploratory, and experimental. Descriptive = describes populations
Exploratory = find relationship Experimental = cause and Effect
what is developmental research?
AKA descriptive research. It systematically describe situations/events as they naturally occur.
Distributions of selected dependent Variables is observed and recorded. It studies group
differences, developmental trends, and relationships among variables. If it is focused on changes
Over time it can be longitudinal, cross-sectional, or- semi-longitudinal
Compare cross-sectionals, longitudinal and semilongitudinal
cross-Sectional - selecting Subjects from different age groups and dbsenray the differences
between behavior and characteristics. less costly and less time consuming and less subjected to
reduced subjects.
longitudinal - same group followed overtime. Expensive,time Consuming, and probable
reduction of subjects .
semi longitudinal- a 'compromise between cross-sectional and longitudinal only taking the
strength of both. Instead of looking at the total age span they study several overlapping age span,
selecting subjects who are the lower edge of each new age span and following them
what are some problems with doing historical research? How might these problems be
resolved?
