Exam

Question 1

What is a primary source?

Answer 1

Original sources of information
Own methods, results and statistics
First hand

Question 2

What is a review article?

Answer 2

Summary of secondary sources of information which are derived sources

Question 3

What type of article is peer reviewed?

Answer 3

Primary article

Question 4

Name 3 ways you can modify a database search to make it more specific

Answer 4

Boonlean Operators – and, or, (), *

Question 5

What is the P-value?

Answer 5

Allows you to determine if a result of treatment is statistically significant -> not due to chance – reject null hypothesis

Less than 0.05

Question 6

What is the Confidence Interval?

Answer 6

Allows you to determine how much of the sample or population shares this significance.

Question 7

What is the Effect size?

Answer 7

Refers to the magnitude of difference between two variables

Question 8

Would a p-value of 0.08 be considered significant?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

What is the cut-off value to determine statistical significance?

Answer 9

(Must be less than 0.05) <0.05

Question 10

Which values would be considered statistically significant? 0.066, 0.500, 0.043 and 0.001

Answer 10

0. 043

0. 001

Question 11

Difference between quantitative and a Qualitative research paper?

Answer 11

Quantitative= gathers in numerical form which can be put into categories, in rank order, or measured in units of measurement

Qualitative= gathers information that is not in numerical form -> observational; typically descriptive data

Question 12

What are the three different modalities you can include in an oral presentation? Provide examples for each.

Answer 12

Visual: videos, pictures, graphs
Auditory: word choice, sound effect (if appropriate)
Kinesthetic: questions, polls, audience participation

Question 13

What is the structure of an oral presentation?

Answer 13

• Title
• Introduction
• Body
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgements

Question 14

What are the five key points to achieve effective speaking?

Answer 14

• Pace
• Pitch
• Tone
• Volume
• Pauses

Question 15

What does DISC stand for?

Answer 15

Dominance
Influence
Compliance
Steadiness

Question 16

What are the four stages groups go through?

Answer 16

Forming (orientation)
Storming (dissatisfaction/conflict)
Norming (resolution/cooperation)
Performing (productivity)

*Usually there is a cycle between last two phases

Question 17

Complete the following sentence: “Ethics involves a commitment to….”

Answer 17

Contributing to knowledge
Pursuit & protection of truth
Reliance on appropriate research methods
Honesty

Question 18

Which projects need ethics approval?

Answer 18

ALL research Projects involving human participants as subjects are to be reviewed by institutional ethics committees.

Question 19

What are some of the risks associated with research involving humans?

Answer 19

Physical
Psychological
Social Economic 
Legal
Humiliation
Environment

Question 20

If you are conducting research on animals who do you need to seek approval from?

Answer 20

Institution Animal Ethics Committee