Reviewing literature & planning a study Flashcards
1
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Types of knowledge sources
A
Popular, professional, academic
2
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Types of review studies
A
narrative review, systematic review, meta-analysis
3
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What is needed to formulate a research question?
A
focus on a single problem, relevant to the field, specific, complex, researchable, formulated as a question
4
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Formulating a hypothesis
A
should test the question of real interest, testable prediction, falsifiable, formulated as a statement, clear and specific
5
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What are the 4 variables?
A
independent, dependent, intervening, interacting
6
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Types of associations
A
Spurious association
Ecological fallacy
Reductionism/ fallacy of nonequivalence
