NUFD 404 Exam 1 Questions and
Answers
Confidentiality - ANSWERS -ensures the participant's identity, personal information, responses,
etc. will not be disclosed to anyone outside of the research team unless otherwise agreed upon
Institutional Review Board - ANSWERS -a group of scholars within a university who meet
regularly to review and approve the research proposals of their colleagues and make
recommendations for how to protect human subjects
translational research - ANSWERS -research aimed at translating results in basic research into
results that directly benefit humans
Basic Research - ANSWERS -also called pure research or fundamental research, is a type of
scientific research with the aim of improving scientific theories for better understanding and
prediction of natural or other phenomena
Applied Research - ANSWERS -scientific study and research that seeks to solve practical
problems
Implementation & Dissemination Research - ANSWERS -Research that assesses how well an
innovation or discovery can be distributed in and carried out in a broad range of contexts that
extend beyond the original controlled studies
Policy research - ANSWERS -Research that is designed to investigate existing policies or develop
and test new ones
Answers
Confidentiality - ANSWERS -ensures the participant's identity, personal information, responses,
etc. will not be disclosed to anyone outside of the research team unless otherwise agreed upon
Institutional Review Board - ANSWERS -a group of scholars within a university who meet
regularly to review and approve the research proposals of their colleagues and make
recommendations for how to protect human subjects
translational research - ANSWERS -research aimed at translating results in basic research into
results that directly benefit humans
Basic Research - ANSWERS -also called pure research or fundamental research, is a type of
scientific research with the aim of improving scientific theories for better understanding and
prediction of natural or other phenomena
Applied Research - ANSWERS -scientific study and research that seeks to solve practical
problems
Implementation & Dissemination Research - ANSWERS -Research that assesses how well an
innovation or discovery can be distributed in and carried out in a broad range of contexts that
extend beyond the original controlled studies
Policy research - ANSWERS -Research that is designed to investigate existing policies or develop
and test new ones
