RESEARCH DESIGN Flashcards

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PICO

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P- population/patient/problem
I- intervention
C- comparison
O- outcome

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research design is overall plan for

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answering research question

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your questions should have

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  1. nature of comparison
  2. type of setting
  3. population, sample
  4. independent and dependent variable
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comparisons between 2 groups or more

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  • single group: 2 or more points in time (pre/post)
  • single group under different circumstances or experiences (group v individual therapy)
  • based on relative rankings (severe v mild autism)
  • compare with samples from other studies
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research designs methods to be used to control

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variables (isolate dependent and independent variables)

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control variables

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external things that will affect dependent and independent variables

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research designs timing and frequency of

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data collection (when, relative to other events)
overtime looking at change
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research designs setting

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(naturalistic v laboratory)

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research designs nature of communications with subjects

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(fully divulge or not)

are you going to tell them they’re subjects

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dimensions along which designs can be described

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  1. experimental vs non-experimental
  2. degree of structure imposed
  3. time dimension
  4. type of group comparisions betwene subjects and within subjects
  5. non-experimental
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experimental

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quantitative

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non-experimental

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qualitative

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degree of structure imposed

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how much we are controlling

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time dimension

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  • longitudinal

- cross-sectional

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multiple points of data collection secondary to

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  • study time related processes
  • determine time sequences
  • developing comparisons
  • enhancing research control
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trend studies

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  • looking at impact of something that is happening over time
  • multiple periods of time
  • observing what’s going on with trends
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cohort

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  • when you take small population (by age)

- study them over time with respect to a phenomenon (subject)

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panel studies

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take same cohort and measure across 2 periods of time

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follow up studies

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how they feel about same topic in a period of time (5 years down the road)

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cross section cohort

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comparing 2 different cohorts

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follow up study can be

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panel study

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type of group comparisons between subjects and within subjects

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2 subjects at the same time

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within subjects

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in same group of people (more control of variables)

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between subjects

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different group of people

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non-experimental

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not manipulating anything (qualitative)

  • retrospective
  • prospective
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retrospective

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  • have an outcome

- want to knwo what causes are (antecedent) study prior to habits

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prospective

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  • know causing variables
  • going forward in time
  • see how many develop outcomes
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cons of retrospective

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  • memory might not be accurate
  • might get defensive
  • might not be telling the truth
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usually do prospective after you gain evidence from

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retrospective

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good design must be

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appropriate to question asked

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good design minimize

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biases that can distort results of study

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biases result from

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  1. differences among participants in groups (non-random groups)
  2. researcher’s preconceptions minimize this (can do double blind study)
  3. use triangulation to reduce bias
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good design precision must be enhanced

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sensitivity with which effect of independent variable relative to effects of (confounding) extraneous variable can be detected, want it high

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good design power should be adequately dealt with

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  • ability of design to create maximal contrast amongst group being compared
  • one can detect relationship between variables
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true experimental designs

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  • manipulation
  • control
  • randomization
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manipulation

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independent variables

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control

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not getting any treatment

outside things impact treatment

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randomization

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pick random from different population

  • extreme view will be cancelled
  • equal chance that they can be picked for any group
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examples of randomization

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  • table of random #’s
  • flipping a coin
  • most reliable method for equating groups on all possible characteristics that could effect outcome of study
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cluster randomization

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picking people in clusters, random, pick a bunch to represent zip code

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matching

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people in each group match and have equal numbers

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experimental designs: basic

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  • posttest only

- pretest/posttest

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posttest only

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someone’s been given a treatment and measuring outcome after the fact

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pretest/posttest

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measuring outcomes before and after

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solomon four group design

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take into account influence of pretesting on subsequent posttest results

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factorial design

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1 independent and 1 dependent

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main effects

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1 variable

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interaction effects

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combine independent varibales

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repeated measures design (cross over)

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each patient is randomly assigned to a sequence of treatments

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randomized control trials

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population receiving the program or policy intervention is chosen at random from eligible population, and control group is also chosen at random from the same eligible population

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quasi experimental designs

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  • manipulation and control or randomization
  • non-equivalent control group design
  • time series designs
  • time series- non-equivalent control group design
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non-experimental designs

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  • why choose them?
  • 2 broad classes
  • ex-post facto research
  • descriprive
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ex-post facto research

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after-the-fact research is a category of research design in which the investigation starts after the fact has occurred without interference from the researcher

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descriptive

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  • descriptive correlational
  • univariate descriptive
  • retrospective
  • prospective
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other non-experimental types

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  • survey research
  • evaluation research
  • needs assessment
  • secondary analysis
  • meta analysis
  • historical research
  • case studies (single subject designs)
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strategies in a research study

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  • triangulation
  • mixed methods
  • fully integrated
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triangulation

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collecting data from 3 ways

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mixed methods

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mixing methods from different parts of continuum

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fully integrated

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different methods work hand in hand

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integrated research designs 2 broad categories in multi-method research

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  • component

- integrated

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component

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  • triangulated
  • complementarity
  • expansion
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integrated

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  • iterative
  • embedded or nested
  • holistic
  • transformative
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advantages of experimental design

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most powerful method available for testing hypotheses of cause and effect relationships between varaibles

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disadvantage of experimental designs

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  • many situations in which experimental design is impossible
  • secondary to ethical or protocol considerations
  • artificiality of setting
  • randomness not always real
65
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hawthrone effect

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  • placebo effect

- knowledge of being included in study may be sufficent to cause people to change their behavior

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study could have double hawthorne effect

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  • when those conducting study also change their behvaior

- therefore, do double blind study so neither researcher nor subject know

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repeated measures design

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  • one group tested under all conditions

- within subjects design

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repeated measures design strong design because of

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ability to control potential influence of individual differences

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repeated measure design disadvantage is

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  • practice effects
  • exposure to test
  • one way to combat this is increase length of time between treatments, so subject’s scores can go back to baseline
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one way repeated measure design

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1 group of subjects exposed to all levels of 1 independent variable

  • order effects can occur
  • that is potential biasing effect of test sequence
  • so randomize order of presentation for each subject
  • 1 way ANOVA test
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ANOVA

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  • Analysis of variance

- find out whether differences between groups of data are statistically significant

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crossover design

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when there are only 2 levels of independent variable

  • 1/2 recieve treatment A, then treatment B
  • 1/2 recieve treatment B followed by treatment A
  • again add time in between to remove any testing effect or treatment residual effect
  • 2 way ANOVA, paired t-test
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paired t-test

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interested in the difference between two variables for the same subject

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two way design with two repeated measures

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  • 2 independent variables with 2 levels each
  • subjects get all 4 conditions
  • 2 way ANOVA
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correlational

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degree of association among variables

-it is function of covariation in data

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descriptive correlational

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describe nature of existing relationships

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univariate descriptive

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1 variable

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restrospective

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examine data collected in past

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prospective

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current data and follow up in future

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survey research

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statistical

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evaluation research

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how well something is doing (standardize)

what is going on

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needs assessment

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collect data on what place is like/what they need may have multiple needs

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secondary analysis

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take existing data set ask different research question and analyze

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meta analysis

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take a bunch of studies that are asking same question and study in different population combine statistically (quanitiative)

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content analysis

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can be numerical/qualitative

frequency of idea

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historical research

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go back and look at old records/artifacts to recreate history

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case studies

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look at individual in depth every client factor

look at them holistically