Research and EBP Flashcards
a ____ is about what will happen if the hypothesis does not come true
null hypothesis (pg.92)
example:
hypothesis: X will be greater than Y
null hypothesis: X will not be greater than Y
what are the 4 principles that the ASHA code of ethics reflects?
- the welfare of persons
- professinal competence
- responsibilities to the public
- responsibilities to the profession
(pg. 92)
what is the PICO format question?
p=population of interest I=intervention C= comparison O=outcomes (pg.93)
example:
in stroke survivors with verbal anomia (P), does training in the use of gestures (I) as compared to no gesture (C) facilitate word retrieval (O)
____ is the generalizability of results
external validity (pg.93)
the strongest treatment evidence comes from what kind of study?
meta-analysis (pg.93)
what type of study is based on multiple randomized controlled clinical studies and also from systematic reviews
meta-analysis (pg.93)
the generalizability of the study results is enhanced when the subject sample is large or small?
large (pg.94)
and randomly selected from the population of interest
the _______ can be described as a condition that can change behavior
independent (pg.94)
example:
what is the difference in participants ability to recognize speech under conditions of high versus low noise level?
independent= noise level
the ____ can be described as the behavior that may change
dependent (pg.94)
example:
what is the difference in participants ability to recognize speech under conditions of high versus low noise level?
dependent= ability to recognize speech
what are possible threats to internal validity?
- subject selection
- history
- reactive pretest
- statistical regression (if selected cuz of extreme scores, their scores on subsequent administration of the same measure may be closer to average even with no treatment)
- researcher bias
- test environment
- Hawethorne effect (subject’s awareness that they are in a research study)
(pg.95)
in ________ research, data are obtained using numerical measures
quantitive (pg.95)
________ research, the researcher manipulates one or more independent variables and observes the effect on the dependent variable
experimental (pg.95)
_______ research, it is not possible for the researcher to manipulate the independent variable because it is a subject characteristic
descriptive (pg.95)
______ research is often used in speech-language pathology
mixed (pg.95)
example: in a study measuring the dependent variable or oral reading accuracy, the descriptive component may be the comparison of 2 groups based on subject attributes and the experimental component may be the manipulation of an independent variable
_______ design involves comparison of 2 or more groups of subjects
between subject (pg. 95)
in ___________ design, the behavior of the same subjects is studied under different conditions
within subject (pg.96)
______ research involves exploration of factors that may underlie behavior
qualitative (pg.96)
Interval or ratio measurement data may be described in terms of….
- central tendency
- variability (how much scores vary from the average)
- skewness (lack of symmetry of the distribution scores)
- kurtosis (the general shape of the distribution of scores)
(pg.97)
central tendency can be measures in what 3 ways?
- mean= the arithmetic average
- median=the middle score of he distribution
- mode= the most commonly occurring score
(pg.97)
what are the measurements of variability?
- range= the lowest score to the highest score
- variance= how far each score in the distribution varies from the mean score
- standard deviation= the average amount that all the cores in the distribution deviate from the mean
(pg. 97)
a small standard deviation indicates more or less homogeneity?
more (pg.97)
when does a normal distribution of data occur?
when the middle scores occur more often and the lower and higher scores do not occur often. it results in a bell shape
(pg.97)
when can parametric statistics be used?
- normal distribution of data
- interval or ratio level of measurement
- if 2 or more data distributions will be analyzed and compared
(pg.97)
what are the 2 types of errors that can be made in research?
type I= a true null hypothesis is rejected
type II= a false null hypothesis is accepted
the level of significance is….
A. the probability of making a type I error
B. the probability of making a type II error
C. the probability of making a type I or type II error
A. the probability of making a type I error
pg.97
when the level of significance is ________ then the researcher usually decides to reject the null hypothesis and therefore to decide that the hypothesis is probably true
small (pg.97)
what number is considered small enough to reject the null hypothesis?
a level of significance of .05 or less (p < .05)
pg.97
what is a one tailed test and two tailed test?
- one tailed is directional, example of=X is greater than Y
- two tailed is nondirectional, example of =X and Y are different
(pg. 97)
which are stricter, one tailed or two tailed test?
two tailed (pg.97)
the _____ in the data should be reported so that the results can be interpreted.
- degree of freedom
- generally df=n-1, when n= the total number of scores in the data distribution
(pg.97)
what do correlational statistics evaluate?
the relationship among data (pg.97)
what are examples of correlational statistics?
- pearson product-moment (r), parametric, used with interval or ratio level data
- spearman rank-order correlation (p), nonparametric, used with ordinal level data
(pg.98)
a perfect positive relationship between 2 variables is indicated by _____, a perfect negative relationship between 2 variables is ____ and the absence of a relationship is _______
- 0, -1.0, 0
pg. 98
a ___ number indicates a weak relationship between 2 variables and a ___ number indicates a strong relationship between numbers
small, large (pg.98)
the square of the correlation coefficient is used for what?
-to assess practical meaning (pg.98)