MREP MC Q's Flashcards
which scientific method focuses on generating new theories?
inductive (qualitative)
what is a deductive method
(quantitative) concerned with testing theories via hypothesis testing
what is ethnography?
how people live and experience a culture
Ethnography is usually based on participant observation of a particular culture or society.
what is phenomenology?
a study that attempts to understand peoples’ perceptions, perspectives and understanding of a particular situation
what is a focus group?
a means of gathering data within qualitative studies
what is grounded theory?
Grounded theory is about developing new theories from analysis of data.
what does a hypothesis provide?
A detailed description of the project, indicating what will be investigated, how and when
what is PICO and when is it used?
Participants
Intervention
Comparator
Outcomes
Used in quantitative study
which philosophical tradition is an RCT kinked to?
Positivism
how are groups created in cohort studies?
Within a cohort study a group or groups of people are followed up based on certain characteristics but there is no random allocation.
what is allocation concealment?
Process whereby the person allocating to groups is unaware of the group to which each participant will be allocated.
when is a case-control study most appropriate?
investigating the cause of a disease
what kind of sampling is convienence sampling?
non-probability sampling
what is non-probability sampling?
a branch of sample selection that uses non-random ways to select a group of people
what is systematic sampling?
involves working through a list of the population and choosing every nth number for inclusion in the sample.
