lecture 3

Question 1

An integral part of the research process is the dissemination of results

Answer 1

Information resources

Question 2

Traditionally published information has been categorized as primary and secondary sources

Answer 2

Information resources

Question 3

must be the first disclosure containing sufficient information to enable peers to assess observations, repeat experiments and to evaluate intellectual processes

Answer 3

Primary source

Question 4

includes most books, review articles, and indexes to the literature, and usually summarize, reviews or organize information

Answer 4

Secondary source

Question 5

dental textbooks are what type of source

Answer 5

Secondary

Question 6

is a measure of a particular journal’s impact based on how often that journal’s articles are cited

Answer 6

Impact Factor (IF)

Question 7

citations in year/ total # articles published past 2 y

Answer 7

Impact Factor (IF)

Question 8

what are the steps of conducting a search

Answer 8

1. Defining the question.
2. Choosing a resource.
3. Keyword searching vs. classification systems.
4. Search techniques.

Question 9

Depending on the question we will choose specific books, journals, indexes

Answer 9

Choosing a resource

Question 10

the degree to which the results of a study are likely to approximate to the ‘truth’

Answer 10

Internal validity

Question 11

the extent to which the effects observed are applicable to a broader population

Answer 11

External validity (generalizability)

Question 12

inference can only correctly be made to the population from which the sample was drawn

Answer 12

External validity (generalizability)

Question 13

we often leap to inference far beyond the targeted population

Answer 13

External validity (generalizability)