Lecture Review Questions Flashcards
A descriptive research design is useful in answering which types of questions EXCEPT for?
Why
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Horizontal
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Considered qualitative approaches to research?
Phenomenology
Ethnography
Grounded theory
Participatory action research
In-depth open ended interviews
Qualitative
Articles organized into introduction, methods, results, and discussion sections
Both qualitative and quantitative
Hypothesis-driven
Quantitative
May use computers for data analysis
QUALITATIVE and quantitative
Results reported as themes
Qualitative
Utilizes inductive reasoning -
Qualitative
Which type of qualitative research is most interested in better understanding culture and beliefs of a group of people?
Ethnography
Which type of research design promotes collaboration between participants and researchers and is more likely to result in action toward solving a problem?
Participatory
The data collection process in qualitative research is MOST LIKELY to involve
A small number of participants and a large amount of subjective data
True/False: Qualitative research questions use terminology such as discover, inquire, describe, and explore. Qualitative research questions typically begin with “what” or
“how” rather than “why”?
True
True/False: The description of sample and setting selection is included in the methods section of a qualitative research article
True
True/False: Instead of random sampling and * convenience sampling, qualitative research often uses purposive sampling.
True
Purposive sampling is sometimes referred to as convenience sampling, but they are different. Convenience sampling is when an analyst gets their insights from a source that’s easily accessible to them and requires little effort. Such sources will likely be recurring sources from past investigations and those in close proximity.
Purposive sampling can be convenient, but the researcher has a more defined purpose in selecting relevant sources. Through purposive sampling, the researcher is more methodical in selecting their sample population, whether it’s one respondent or several. This approach is necessary, so the intended characteristics and traits of the sample population fit the larger demographic profile.
For instance, introducing a new adaptive clothing line into the fashion/textile industry needs to understand what will appeal to consumers as well as deliver on best practices for functionality and physical ability. In this circumstance, the company behind the idea might subjectively sample someone more knowledgeable than itself within the industry who can test the product, like a person with a disability or an occupational therapy practitioner.
In the example above, is this convenience sampling or purposive sampling
Purposive
For the example given above, how would you (the researcher) use a method known as snowball sampling?
Send it to one person to send to other persons
Ex: send to one OT to send to multiple OT’s
True/false: Photovoice is a type of participatory action research in which people (usually those with little power) use photographs and/or video to picture their environment and experiences and to express their thoughts about them. The goals of photovoice are to provide a voice, instill critical consciousness, and to influence policy
True
True/false: A codebook contains coding instructions and the necessary information about variables in the data set. A codebook generally contains the following information:
column number record number variable number variable name question number instructions for coding
True
In a study of the sensory experiences of children with and without autism and their effect on family occupations, researchers interviewed parents of 12 children; 6 with and 6 without autism. The researchers identified 4 simple categories through open coding. This led to a theory that explained how family occupations are impacted differently by children with and without autism. Which research approach do you believe was used here?
Grounded theory
List five measures that are commonly used in your clinical environment. Discuss which of the three types of central tendency would best describe each of these measures for a cohort of patients or clients and explain
why.
ROM, FIM, Time, Wt, MMT
Mean - average
Median - middle
Mode - occurrence
A group of men and a group of women both perform a set of exercises and record the amount of weight they can lift. The mean weight for women was 9.24 (+/-8.30) and
for men 24.04 (+/-11.96). Given the following graphic results (histograms on the projection screen), describe the difference between these two groups
X (IV) - wt
Y (DV) - frequency; per person
N = 50
Majority of men lift heavier weight
Women have negative skew
A student’s final exam grades in chemistry and biology are 83 and 86, respectively. Assume that the class average for
chemistry is 84+/-5.3 and for biology is 88+/-7.2. Which is the better of the student’s scores in relation to the rest of the class?
The chemistry score is better
