Intro to Research Lectures 7-11

Question 1

1. find a potential answer to a question. 2. confirm an answer to a question either immediately or after a delay. 3. identify procedures or outcome measures. 4. identify a problem to study or related methods to use

Answer 1

four purposes of a scholarly search

Question 2

typically start with

Answer 2

web-based search engines

Question 3

google scholar, pub med, ERIC, ASHA Wire, SpeechBite, OSU Library Search

Answer 3

web-based search engines

Question 4

your collection of relevant articles, should be well organized, original source as well as your own notes

Answer 4

building a literature review: Informal

Question 5

a part of a research paper in which relevant scholarly work is reviews
Describes critical details of the source. Should be up-to-date with many representative scholarly sources. Links sources to each other and to the larger goal(s) of the paper . Includes a formal evaluation of the source

Answer 5

Building a literature review: formal

Question 6

well-designed meta-analysis > 1 randomized controlled trials

Answer 6

Level 1a

Question 7

well designed single RCT with a narrow confidence band; quality controls must be reported

Answer 7

Level 1b

Question 8

a systematic review or meta-analysis of Level II-IV design; meta-analyses that don’t meet Level 1a criteria

Answer 8

Level 2a

Question 9

well-designed and controlled study without randomization, or a lower-quality RCT

Answer 9

level 2b

Question 10

case-studies, multiple-baseline research designs; observational study with quality controls, for example, retrospective studies

Answer 10

level 3

Question 11

observational studies without controls

Answer 11

level 4

Question 12

expert committee report, consensus conference, clinical experience of respected authorites

Answer 12

level 5

Question 13

evidence levels 1a or 1b; quality controls present; relevant to client/patient and SLP

Answer 13

conclusive

Question 14

evidence levels 1a through 2b with some problems with quality controls; mostly relevant to client and SLP

Answer 14

preponderant

Question 15

evidence level 3 with some quality controls (and some missing); some relevance to client and SLP

Answer 15

suggestive

Question 16

evidence level 4 and below; missing quality controls; limited relevance to either client or SLP

Answer 16

inconclusive

Question 17

research that lacks the manipulation of an independent variable, random assignment of participants to conditions or orders of conditions, or both.

Answer 17

nonexperimental research

Question 18

involves observational procedures and measurements that are numeric in nature

Answer 18

quantitative research

Question 19

involves observational procedures and documentation that are nonnumeric

Answer 19

qualitative research

Question 20

A field of study related to how people persuade each other

Answer 20

rhetoric

Question 21

Which of the following does observation most clearly rely on?

Answer 21

The five senses, especially sight and hearing

Question 22

What does the “R” represent in the SMART acronym for scientific questions?

Answer 22

relevant

Question 23

Which of the following is the most certain, most reliable source of information?

Answer 23

academic sources

Question 24

the highest level of quality in the evidence hierarchy

Answer 24

A meta-analysis that includes two or more randomized controlled trials

Question 25

According to the handout on writing summaries of research articles, what should be included in the “personal rating of study”?

Answer 25

The relevance of the article to a client or clinical population

Question 26

According to the YouTube video by CSUDH Library (Cal State University-Dominguez Hills), what type of scholarly source should students expect to cite consistently in their research papers?

Answer 26

research article

Question 27

In the “Scholarly and Popular Sources” YouTube video, which of the following was unlikely to appear in a scholarly source?

Answer 27

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Question 28

In the “Scholarly and Popular Sources” YouTube video, which of the following was not given as a means of distinguishing scholarly and popular sources?

Answer 28

the truth or veracity of the source

Question 29

According to the YouTube video “How to Identify Academic Sources”, what is the term used to describe any source that is both reliable and accurate?

Answer 29

credible source

Question 30

According to the YouTube video by CSUDH Library (Cal State University-Dominguez Hills), what is one purpose of using citations?

Answer 30

Citations give credit to the writer’s source for their knowledge