ch 3 wk 6

Question 1

Literature Review (three main functions)

Answer 1

1. Articulating what is known and not known about a topic
2. Building a foundation and rationale for a study or series of studies
3. Improving plans for future studies
   (identifying successful procedures, measures and designs)

Question 2

Peer Review

Answer 2

• impartial judges have read and evaluated the study and concluded it was worthy of publication
• impartial

Question 3

Exhaustive Search

Answer 3

• to make sure you have included all studies that meet your criteria

Question 4

Five Search Strategies

exhaustive search

Answer 4

1. electronic/web searches
2. ancestral searches
3. hand searches
4. author searches
5. expert nominated searches

Question 5

Demonstration Questions

Answer 5

“Does it work?”

• straightforward
  form: “What relations exist between an independent variable and a behavior for a given set of participants?”

Question 6

Parametric Questions

Answer 6

“Does more or less of this procedure work better?”

form: “What relations exist between one level of the independent variable and another level of the independent variable on a given behavior for specific participants?”

Question 7

Component Analysis Question

Answer 7

“Does it work better with some or all of its parts?”

• many interventions are treatment packages

Question 8

Comparison Question

Answer 8

“Does one procedure work better than another procedure?”

• many pitfalls
• useful for making recommendations about which practices should be used

Question 9

Research Proposal

Answer 9

• written to communicate to others your plans about conducting a study
• Determines what changes are needed in the plans to increase the chances of successful competition of quality studies
• abstract
• introduction
• method

Question 10

Abstract

Answer 10

• a sentence/statement about the general topic or purpose of the study

Question 11

Introduction Section (three tasks)

Answer 11

1. introduce the topic to the readers; first paragraph; starts with general statement
2. a summary of existing literature while building a rationale for the study; major portion of the introduction
3. last paragraph states the purpose and lists the research questions

Question 12

Methods Section

Answer 12

• main body of research proposal; detailed plan of the study being proposed
• written in future tense
• description of each experimental condition and data analytic plan
• participants, setting, materials, response definitions and measurement procedures, experimental design

Question 13

Manuscript

Answer 13

• report for submission to a journal for review and possible publication (five sections)
  1. Abstract
  2. Introduction
  3. Method
  4. Results
  5. Discussion

Question 14

Results Section

Answer 14

• a description of the results of the interobserver and procedural fidelity assessments

(if that information is not presented in the method section)

Question 15

Discussion Section

Answer 15

• describe the relevance of the study’s data
• brief
• “say no more than the data permitted”

Question 16

PRISMA Guidelines

Answer 16

• systematic reviews and meta-analyses are the reference standard for synthesizing evidence in health, education, and other related fields for their methodological rigor.

Question 17

Systemic Review

Answer 17

• the attempt to make the research summarizing process explicit and systematic to ensure the author’s assumptions procedures evidence and conclusions are transparent

Question 18

Meta-analyses

Answer 18

• the explicit use of statistical methods to synthesize results from a series of independent research studies and derive a pooled estimate across studies
• All meta-analyses include systemic review, but not all systematic reviews use meta-analytic procedures to describe outcomes