FIPP 4 - Exam 1 Questions and Answers Already Passed
cause, effect, association - Answers a randomized control trial is able to assess data and determine
__________ and _________, whereas a cohort or case-control study measures ____________.
statistically significant - Answers when the p-value is less than alpha, the results are considered
________________ ______________.
odds ratio - Answers with a case-control study, the _________ ___________ is an estimate of relative
risk
beta - Answers power is equal to 1 minus ______________
efficacy, effectiveness - Answers a study that is tightly controlled (Phase III) is considered an
___________ study and a study that is more real world (Phase IV) is considered an _____________
study
secondary sources - Answers references that either index or abstract the primary literature, with the
goal of directing the user to relevant primary literature
primary sources - Answers clinical research studies and reports, both published and unpublished
quantitative - Answers numbers representing data
qualitative - Answers data in the form of words
interventional - Answers quantitative data allocated to forced intervention groups
observational - Answers qualitative data allocated to non-forced study groups
RCT
meta-analysis
cohort
case control
case series
animal - Answers research evidence pyramid from top to bottom
internal validity - Answers extent to which we can draw cause-and-effect inferences from a study
external validity - Answers extent to which we can generalize findings to real-world settings
c - Answers when developing a search strategy and conducting a drug lit search, you look at summarized
or review info pertaining to a topic, which of the following types of resources would you look at FIRST?
, a. primary
b. secondary
c. tertiary
a - Answers secondary source example
a. pubmed/medline
b. lexicomp
c. NEJM
b - Answers primary literature consists of which of the following?
a. database that indexes experimental research
b. experimental research results
c. review of articles summarized by an author
c - Answers which of the following best describes an interventional study design?
a. cohort
b. case-control
c. phase 1, 2, 3
a - Answers on the evidence-based/research pyramid, which of the following is the study design with the
highest level of evidence?
a. interventional/RCT
b. case series
c. animal research
c - Answers please select the correct words that complete the sentence: "___________ is/are all
individuals making up a common group; from which a _________ can be obtained
a. cases, cohort
b. controls, population
c. population, sample
c - Answers external validity is best defined as the:
cause, effect, association - Answers a randomized control trial is able to assess data and determine
__________ and _________, whereas a cohort or case-control study measures ____________.
statistically significant - Answers when the p-value is less than alpha, the results are considered
________________ ______________.
odds ratio - Answers with a case-control study, the _________ ___________ is an estimate of relative
risk
beta - Answers power is equal to 1 minus ______________
efficacy, effectiveness - Answers a study that is tightly controlled (Phase III) is considered an
___________ study and a study that is more real world (Phase IV) is considered an _____________
study
secondary sources - Answers references that either index or abstract the primary literature, with the
goal of directing the user to relevant primary literature
primary sources - Answers clinical research studies and reports, both published and unpublished
quantitative - Answers numbers representing data
qualitative - Answers data in the form of words
interventional - Answers quantitative data allocated to forced intervention groups
observational - Answers qualitative data allocated to non-forced study groups
RCT
meta-analysis
cohort
case control
case series
animal - Answers research evidence pyramid from top to bottom
internal validity - Answers extent to which we can draw cause-and-effect inferences from a study
external validity - Answers extent to which we can generalize findings to real-world settings
c - Answers when developing a search strategy and conducting a drug lit search, you look at summarized
or review info pertaining to a topic, which of the following types of resources would you look at FIRST?
, a. primary
b. secondary
c. tertiary
a - Answers secondary source example
a. pubmed/medline
b. lexicomp
c. NEJM
b - Answers primary literature consists of which of the following?
a. database that indexes experimental research
b. experimental research results
c. review of articles summarized by an author
c - Answers which of the following best describes an interventional study design?
a. cohort
b. case-control
c. phase 1, 2, 3
a - Answers on the evidence-based/research pyramid, which of the following is the study design with the
highest level of evidence?
a. interventional/RCT
b. case series
c. animal research
c - Answers please select the correct words that complete the sentence: "___________ is/are all
individuals making up a common group; from which a _________ can be obtained
a. cases, cohort
b. controls, population
c. population, sample
c - Answers external validity is best defined as the:
