Review Questions Flashcards
Which type of research does not have a hypothesis and instead is more interested in discovery and understanding of phenomena?
Qualitative
A nonrandomized controlled trial examining the efficacy of adaptive seating for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) would be classified as what type of research?
Experimental
A study finds that the prevalence of learning disabilities is approximately 10%. This study is best classified as
Nonexperimental
When a researcher finds that the intervention group improved significantly more than the control group, which statement below is most accurate?
The hypothesis that the intervention group will have better outcomes than the control group was supported by the findings
A study is conducted examining the effect of use of a weighted vest on standardized test scores for children with ADHD in the classroom. While taking the test, some children with ADHD wear the weighted vest and some do not. Whether the child is in the group wearing the weighted vest or not would be considered what type of variable?
Independent
Before random assignment, a study matches participants by grade and severity of ADHD symptoms. Participants are then randomly assigned to a cognitive remediation program or a wait-list control group to determine if the intervention improves classroom participation and performance. Grade and severity of symptoms are what type of variable?
Control
Which study is better for determining the likelihood of depression occurring after job loss?
Longitudinal
Which of the following is the best example of qualitative research?
Learning about the daily life experience of caregivers from the caregiver’s perspective
All the students in a classroom receive a mindfulness intervention. Stress and test performance are the outcome measures. This study would best be classified as
Pre-experimental
A study is described as a 2x2 design. This means the study has
Two independent variables with two levels
What is the median for the following data set
8 8 9 10 11 11 11 12
10.5
When a study describes a sample as 62% female, this percentage is an example of what type of statistic?
Frequency
The mode is the most useful measure of central tendency when the data is
Categorical
What type of graph is best to use when you want to illustrate changes over time?
Line graph
In a normal distribution, the percentage of people that have scores one standard deviation above and one standard deviation below the mean is
Approximately 68%
n which of the following samples would you expect to find the largest standard deviation for a set of scores measuring cardiovascular endurance?
A group that includes both sedentary and active adults
If an exam were very easy, and most students received very high grades and very few people received low grades, the frequency distribution would be described as
Negatively skewed
In a hypothetical normal distribution, the mean is 10 and the standard deviation is 3. What is the score for a person who scores -1 standard deviations below the mean?
7
The standard deviation for the number of comorbidities is
1.2
If martial status were added to the table, it would most likely be presented as a
Frequency
One group of children participated in a study. In one condition they wore a weighted vest, and in the other they wore an unweighted vest. The inferential statistic used to compare the differences between the two conditions is
Dependent sample t-test
Which of the following difference statistics is an example of a within-group comparison?
Dependent sample t-test
When conducting a t-test, if all other factors are equal, there is more likely to be a statistically significant difference between groups if
Variability is small
Which statistic would be most helpful in determining if the impact that an intervention had on an outcome is large enough that it could be clinically significant?
d= 1.62
A research study reports that the mean= 5.4, 95% CI [3.2, 7.9]. Which of the following is the best interpretation of the confidence interval?
The population has a mean that falls between 3.2 and 7.9
Which statistic gives you information about the likelihood of making a Type II error?
Power
A study comparing conventional treatment and a new intervention finds no interaction efffect, but it does find a main effect for time. Which interpretation of the findings is most accurate?
Both groups improved, but one group did not improve more than the other
Adults with traumatic brain injury, schizophrenia, and dementia are compared on a measure of executive function. Which statistic would be used to determine if there is a difference between the three groups?
One-way ANOVA
In a randomized controlled trial with a pretest and posttest, which comparison is most important for determining if the intervention condition is more effective than the control condition?
Interaction effect
A study compares the percentages of males and females in an OT class with the percentage of males and females in a PT class. Which statistic would be used to determine if there is a difference?
Chi-square
What type of graph is most useful for illustrating the difference in survival rates for two or more groups?
Kaplan Meir curve
When the outcome is dichotomous and it occurs in more than 10% of the sample, which statistic is a more accurate estimate?
Risk ratio