revision Flashcards
What is TEEL?
Topic Sentence
Explanation
Evidence
Link
Write the following in correct APA referencing:
Title: Who uses mental health services in Australia? An analysis of data from the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing
Authors: Ruth A. Parslow and Anthony F. Jorm
Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry,
Volume 34, Issue 6, pages 997–1008, December 2000 Found at http://summon.nd.edu.au
Parslow, P. A., & Jorm, A. F. (2000). Who uses mental health services in Australia? An analysis of data from the national survey of mental health and wellbeing. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 34(6), 997-1008. http://summon.nd.edu.au
what is a primary source? examples
a. Original source of information recorded at time of event
b. Ensures resource is factual
c. E.g. journals, autobiographies, diaries
What is a secondary source?
a. Information is derived from primary sources
b. Summaries of a variety of primary sources
c. Analyses of primary sources
d. Saves time as summarises a larger amount of texts
e. Form own opinion
f. E.g. dictionaries, textbooks, biographies, newspaper, review
examples of published work
a. Newspaper
b. Articles
c. If it is on summoned, has date published
d. Website address
e. DOI
what are examples of unpublished work
a. It is their own research therefore it is a primary sources
b. No editor or publisher
c. E.g. lecturers, friends, family
is a review article primary or secondary?
secondary
is a review article peer reviewed?
yes
steps in describing data
- introductory sentence explaining the reason for the experiment/study
- Describe the data in 1 or 2 sentences
- explain the data results
- highlight the relationship and significance - If the data relates to information in other graphs or tables, you need to point out to the reader what the relationship is
- Overall concluding statement
What source of information would be the most unbiased?
a) Guide book produced by the medical health institute
b) Information flyer from a pharmaceutical company
A
Identify the SUBJECT, LIMITING WORDS and DIRECTION in the following question
What are the current strategies in use to target depression in male and female youth in Australia
Subject: depression in male and female youth Australia
Limiting words: youth, Australia
Direction: current strategies
Direction words: Words, usually verbs, that tell you what you have to do, for example, ‘discuss’ or ‘compare’.
Limiting words: Words that limit the scope of the topic to a particular area, e.g. all, some, the majority of;
references to time, place(s) and/or specific group(s).
P-value - what is a p-value of >0.05, <0.05 and <0.02 described as?
>0.05 = 'large' no significant correlation <0.05 = 'small' Statistically significant <0.02 = 'very small' statistically highly significant
would a P value of 0.08 be considered significant?
No
Which values below would be considered statistically significant?
- 0.067
- 0.500
- 0.043
- 0.001
0.043 + 0.001
What’s the difference between a quantitative and a qualitative research paper?
Quantitative = is to do with numbers and statistics
Qualitative = is to do with words and meaning