Quiz 1

Question 1

PICO is used to develop what type of research question?

Answer 1

Quantitative

Question 2

PICo is used to develop what type of research question?

Answer 2

Qualitative

Question 3

What does the p value tell us?

Answer 3

The percentage of the time that the results reported would have happened by chance alone.

Question 4

What is a multivariate?

Answer 4

The study reports findings for three or more factors and will include the relationships among those different factors

Question 5

What do qualitative studies focus on?

Answer 5

Understanding the complexity of humans within the context of their lives. Subjective information.

Question 6

What are common ways to gather data for qualitative studies?

Answer 6

Interviews, observation.

Question 7

What are common ways to gather data for quantitative studies?

Answer 7

Survey, questionnaire.

Question 8

What is a sample?

Answer 8

A smaller group, subset of a group of interest in a study.

Question 9

What is a meta-synthesis? Does this use qualitative or quantitative study methods?

Answer 9

Report of a study of a group of single research studies. Qualitative.

Question 10

What is a meta-analysis? What approach does this use, quantitative or qualitative?

Answer 10

Looks at statistics from different studies covering the same topic, quantitative.

Question 11

What is a systematic review?

Answer 11

Addresses a specific clinical question by summarizing multiple research studies.

Question 12

What are some common errors in research?

Answer 12

Failure to include one or more major aspects of a discussion and conclusion. Over interpreting results.

Question 13

What does generalization mean?

Answer 13

Ability to apply a particular study’s findings to the broader population represented by the sample

Question 14

What types of things are covered in the “methods” section of a research study?

Answer 14

Process of implementing research study, sampling, data analysis.

Question 15

What types of things are recovered in the “results” section?

Answer 15

Summarize the information gathered in study, analyze data and look for themes.

Question 16

What is addressed in the problem/introduction portion of a research study?

Answer 16

Describes the gap in knowledge that will be addressed.

Question 17

What types of things are included in the “conclusion” portion of a research study?

Answer 17

Limitations, recommendations, implications for practice.

Question 18

What is an abstract?

Answer 18

Is a summary or condensed version of a research report.

Question 19

What is a hypothesis?

Answer 19

A statement predicting the relationships or effects of selected factors on other factors?

Question 20

What is conceptualization?

Answer 20

A systematic approach to summarizing multiple research studies that focus on a specific clinical problem.

Question 21

What is a variable?

Answer 21

Is an aspect of the phenomenon of interest or research problem that differs among people or institutions

Question 22

What is a univariate analysis?

Answer 22

Analysis of data of a given point that focuses on only one variable.

Question 23

What is a bivariate analysis?

Answer 23

Analysis with other two variables.

Question 24

What is a pattern? What do they help us understand? What type of research is this used in?

Answer 24

Themes. Larger truths about behaviour and how people might respond to a new idea. Qualitative studies.

Question 25

Ethnography is used in what type of research method? What does it study?

Answer 25

Qualitative. One immerses self in a culture to learn more about it.

Question 26

What is a phenomenological study? What type of research method uses this?

Answer 26

Increase understanding of experiences. Qualitative.

Question 27

What is a case series?

Answer 27

Examine characteristics of a group of people with the same disease or same exposure to a disease.

Question 28

What type of research method uses a case study?

Answer 28

Qualitative. In depth analysis.

Question 29

Historical study methods do what and are used in what type of research study?

Answer 29

Link past to understand present or plan for future. Used in qualitative.

Question 30

Field research is used as an approach to what kind of research? Qual or quantitative? Whats field research?

Answer 30

Qual. Researcher goes into the field to observe the phenomenon.

Question 31

Ground theory is used for what type of research study? What is it?

Answer 31

Qual. Develop theory about phenomena, but the theory needs to be grounded or rooted in observation.

Question 32

How should the abstract of an research study be used?

Answer 32

Used to help narrow down or focus on appropriate research. Summarizes article and gives reader a snap shot of what to expect.

Question 33

What is healthcare research?

Answer 33

Research that gathers data and information to find evidenced-based information to integrate into practice.

Question 34

What distinguished the “conclusion” section of a research report from other types of papers?

Answer 34

New knowledge is brought forward vs old knowledge being reiterated.

Question 35

What is the goal of the research process?

Answer 35

Generate knowledge that can be used in practice.

Question 36

What is the difference between the “results” section and the “conclusion” section in a research report?

Answer 36

Results: summarize findings/information collected in the study. Conclusion: summarize potential meaning, decisions, or determinations that can be made based on the info collected.

Question 37

Does the “discussion” section of the research report give the reader a full picture of the findings?

Answer 37

No. It only gives information about key findings or important results.

Question 38

Other than key findings, what else can be found in the “discussion” section of a research report?

Answer 38

Debate on how the results of the study fit with existing knowledge and what those results may mean