Clinical Research and Statistics Flashcards
What is research methodology?
science of studying how to carry research out
What is basic research?
investigation of elementary principles, and reasons for occurrences of a particular event/process/phenomenon
A pie chart would display:
percentages or proportional share
In a distribution chart, if the tail extends to the left, how is it skewed?
negatively
What kind of distribution shows no peaks?
uniform/rectangular distribution
What is a type II error?
claiming there is no difference between two samples when there, in fact, is a difference
How do you get a mean value?
add up the values within a sample, divide that sum between the number of values
What is statistics?
process of collecting, summarizing, analyzing, presenting data
Obligation to protect human research subjects from harm and where possible promote their good is classified as which
ethical principle?
beneficence
What is conceptual research?
research related to some abstract idea or theory
What does variance mean?
an approximate average of the sum of the squares
What is a type I error?
claiming there is a difference between two samples that isn’t really there
Obligation to take the choices of autonomous subjects seriously and obligation to protect those who cannot
decide for themselves, is classified as which ethical principle?
respect for persons
If a researcher wanted to test the Hypothesis that there is a relationship between children gains in social studies
achievement and their self-concept, which part of this statement is considered the Dependent variable?
Social studies achievement
