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02 - the research paper Flashcards

1
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2 types of research article (general)

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Academic
Popular

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Academic vs popular - title

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Descriptive title vs catchy title

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3
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Academic vs popular - written by who

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Experts vs journalists

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Academic vs popular - authorship

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Statement of authorship vs may not know who wrote it

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5
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Academic vs popular - Language

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Scholarly language vs accessible language

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Academic vs popular - Data

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Detailed data vs simplified data

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Academic vs popular - References

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Includes references vs rarely cites sources

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Academic vs popular - Review

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Peer-reviewed vs not peer-reviewed

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9
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What type of article shows attention grabbing pictures?

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Popular article

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10
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What are the main components of a research paper? (9)

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  • Title
  • Author information
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
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11
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The title of an article should be __ and __

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concise/brief and descriptive

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12
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Which one is the best?
A. Hematologic changes occurring as a result of exposure to various high-altitude
environments
B. Hematology and altitude.
C. Hematologic changes occurring at high altitude.

A

A

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13
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What is the abstract?

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Condensed version of the paper

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14
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How many words is the average abstract?

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250 words

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15
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T or F: the abstract can be unstructured or structured

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TRUE

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Difference between unstructured and structured abstract

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Structured will be separated into subtopics vs summary for unstructured

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17
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What is the main aim of the introduction? (3)

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  • Sets the scene
  • Describe a controversy, inconsistency, gap in what is known
  • Goes broad to narrow
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18
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The introduction ends with what?

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The purpose of the study and the hypothesis

19
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3 types of variables

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Independent variable
Dependent variable
Cofounding/co-variable/control variable

20
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Independent variable - define

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Variable that is manipulated
Predictor/exposure variable

21
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Dependent variable - define

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Variable in which we expect change
Outcome

22
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Confounding/co-variable/control variable - define

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Variable which can influence the relationship between the IV and DV

23
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What is a hypothesis?

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Any statement that describes the relationship between 2 or more variables, based on theory

24
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What are the 2 key component of a hypothesis?

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Independent variable and dependent variable

25
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2 types of hyopthesis

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Research and statistical

26
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Research hypothesis

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In words at the end of the introduction

27
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Statistical hypothesis

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Expressed in symbols, important for analyses

28
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Hypothesis is either ___ or ___

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Directional or null

29
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What sections can be included in a methods section? (6)

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  • Participants
  • Design
  • Procedure
  • Measures
  • Data collection
  • Data analytic strategy
30
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What is included in the results section? (6)

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  • Description of the population
  • Details of main analyses
  • Details of secondary analyses
  • Tables
  • Figures
  • Graphs
31
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T or F: there may be interpretation in the results section

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FALSE, should not be any

32
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What are the aspects of a discussion? (6)

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  • Summary of findings
  • Comparison with the results of other studies
  • How the results relate to theory
  • Secondary results
  • Limitations and strengths
  • Future directions
33
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T or F: the discussion should go from ___ to ___

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Narrow to broad

34
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What is included in the acknowledgements/funding? (3)

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  • Who also helped on the study
  • Who funded the study
  • What conflicts might the authors have
35
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What are the components of the list of references? (6)

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  • Names
  • Date
  • Title of article
  • Title of journal
  • Volume # and issue #
  • Pages
36
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2 types of source of information?

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Primary references and secondary references

37
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Primary references - original research article

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reports data from a specific experiment
written by authors of the original work
addresses a specific issue

38
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Secondary references - review paper

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reports and summarizes data from many research papers
may be written by someone other than the authors of the original work
provides overview of a topic

39
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2 types of academic article

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Review article or research article

40
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Structure of review article

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Title
Abstract
Introduction
List of issues
Discussion
References

41
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Structure of research article

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Title
Abstract
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
References

42
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In a review paper, what represents the bulk of the paper?

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Literature review

43
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What is a review paper?

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Should be an analysis and critique of studies with each paragraph organized into subtopics

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