Assessment Questions Flashcards
A methodology in research is …
A set of principles that directs research
Case control studies are a type of … Study?
Observational
Null hypothesis testing is…?
Where a statement is made about their being no difference between groups
In quantitative research terms, an aim is …
The overall/broad statement of what you intend to do
The ‘study sample’ is…
Patients drawn from the study population
The main reason for using randomisation to allocate treatments in a controlled trial is…
Prevent certain types of bias
A method of allocation least likely to achieve balance of important patient characteristics between groups is to use…
Simple randomisation
Reliability addresses whether…
Repeated measures or assessment provide a consistent result given the same initial circumstances
The main outcome for a study is called the …
Primary outcome
Validity in a study means
The measurement tool measures what it intended to measure
What are the 6 threats to internal validity of a trial?
Maturation History Instrumentation Testing Mortality Selection bias
The Hawthorne effect is …
A participants response to being in a study
A type 2 error is…
A false negative result
Statistics that produce P values are called …
Inferential statistics
Baseline data is…
The data that is collected before the intervention but after the recruitment
