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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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What are the three elements of EBP?

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Clinical Expertise, Client Perspective, and Evidence

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What is the process of EBP?

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Frame clinical question, Gather evidence, Assess the evidence, and Make your clinical decision

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What does PICO stand for?

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P stands for population/problem. I stands for intervention/issue C, stands for comparison/control. O stands for outcome.

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4
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Is cognitive rehabilitation and effective treatment for improving cognitive-communication and adults with TBI? What’s the PICO?

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P: Adults with TBI
I: Cognitvie Rehab
C: no treatment
O: improved cognitive communication

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5
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For children with severe to profound hearing loss, what is the effect of cochlear implants compared with hearing aids on speech and language development? What is the PICO?

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P: children with severe to profound hearing loss
I: cochlear implant
C: hearing aids
O: speech and language development

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Are acceptable noise levels different in adult cochlear implant users, and an adult listeners with normal hearing? What is the PICO?

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P: adults
I: cochlear implant
C: normal hearing
O: acceptable noise levels

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No theory (no prior knowledge) is driving the investigation (empiricism)

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Inductive

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A great deal of prior knowledge frames the investigation (rationalism)

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Deductive

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Tightly controlled research conducted for the sake of knowledge, and does not solve problems, develop treatments, or consider human needs (animal research)

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Basic Research

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Conducted to address problems, inherent in the human condition (or other issues within the physical)

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Applied Research

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11
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A collection of hypotheses that together explain and make predictions about a phenomenon or behavior

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Scientific theory

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12
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A physical mathematical, or computational representation of a theory which produces results or behavior that can be compared to real world data

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Scientific model 

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13
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Group, differences, developmental, trends, or relationships among factors through the use of objective measurements

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Descriptive research

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Causation through observation of the consequent affects of manipulating certain events or characteristics under controlled conditions

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Experimental Research

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Presents topic in general way, background for the reader, definitions or description of processes, addresses issues of terminology

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General statement of the problem

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Lays out the justification for the study in question. Consist of the proposition and premises. Supported with evidence.

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Rationale

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17
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Existing data or information suggests an outcome. Generalizes from existing information.

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Argument by induction

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18
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Basing premise on something similar, and making hypotheses

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Argument by analogy

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Based on observation by author - not sufficient alone

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Argument by example/anecdotal

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20
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Knowledge conveyed via recognized expert (may or may not have data)

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Argument by authority

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21
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Theory in the area suggest a certain pattern, which may be supported by data. Proposition must follow from the premises.

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Argument by deduction

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Assumption made not relying on logic (emotion, fashion, etc.)

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Fallacies of reason

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Use of evidence that is not really relevant to the specific question. False dilemma. Masking weakness with extra facts that are not really related to the main point.

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Fallacies of distraction

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False promises based on an adequate data or misinterpreting or purposely ignoring evidence, not in line with desired outcome

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Fallacies of induction

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25
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Addresses the specific questions to be answered in the study

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Statement of purpose

26
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Portion and to which the rationale, statement of purpose, and specific purpose may be woven. Place is the problem in perspective — addresses previous research on the topic.

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Review of the Literature

27
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What hypotheses is based on what is known?

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Working hypothesis (tentative)

28
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What hypothesis is based on theory and rational thought?

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Research hypothesis (STRONGEST)

29
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What hypotheses is alternative to working or research hypothesis?

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Null hypothesis (WEAKEST)

30
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Putting the human description before the disorder. EX, children with phonological disorders; adults who stutter, etc.

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Person-first language

31
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First place the information appears in print

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Primary

32
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Purpose is to summarize, critique, explain, or interpret primary sources for a more general audience. Should site all sources.

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Secondary

33
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Surface level overview of a subject. Least useful for EBP purposes.

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Tertiary

34
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Measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year

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Impact factor

35
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The specific research question posed in an article or ask by clinician in EBP in the form of a PICO question.

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Foreground question

36
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Asked/provides more general information about a topic, population, issue, etc.

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Background question

37
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Look to see what is happening

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Descriptive

38
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Change something and see what happens

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Experimental

39
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Part descriptive, part experimental

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Combined

40
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Often seen as the cause of a change may be a condition associated with a given group

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Independent Variable

41
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Often seen as the outcome of manipulation of independent variables

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Dependent Variable

42
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Effects of two values of one IV on DV (two levels)

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Bivalent Experiments

43
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Effects of several values of IV on DV

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Multivalent Experiments

44
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Simultaneous effects of more than 1 IV on DV (more than one independent)

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Parametric Experiments

45
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Investigate physiological development of speech breathing in infants; language comp in preadolescents, adolescents, young adults

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Developmental

46
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Compare the acoustic characteristics of phonation and intonation produced by speakers with Down Syndrome

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Comparative

47
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Overall effect of a given independent variable

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Main Effect

48
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Effect of one independent variable separated by the levels of the other independent variable (two way)

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Interaction

49
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Does not typically generate numerical data; orientated towards understanding the human experience

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Qualitative Research

50
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Gathering of information by describing behavior as “comprehensively and accurately as possible” (3 main types)

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Observational Research

51
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Participants does not know observation is happening

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Covert

52
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Researcher is present, so participant knows about observation, but researcher doesn’t directly interact

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Overt

53
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Researcher interacts directly with the participant; may ask questions

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Participatory

54
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Involves face to face interaction and is a form of participatory observation

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Interview Research

55
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Uses storytelling, or personal narratives to describe condition in a naturalistic way

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Narrative Research

56
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Study gathers data in depth on a particular individual or small number of individuals

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Case study research

57
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Both quantitative and qualitative methodology; ask more open-ended questions (qualitatively), in order to determine what variables to focus on in a quantitative study

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Mixed-methods research

58
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The “average”

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Mean

59
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Variation there is from the average

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Standard deviation

60
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Appears most often in the data set

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Mode

61
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The meddle number in the set of ordered data points

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Median

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