Test 1 Chapter 4

Question 1

What summarizes all the existing relevant theories used to explain a particular topic and examines them in terms of major content areas, similarities, differences, and accuracy in prediction?

Answer 1

Theoretical review

Question 1

It states that over the years, MEDLARS has come to represent a family of databases. Which one has become the most well-known, and is the world’s leading bibliographic database of medical information, covering more than 4,800 journals since 1966 and containing information found in the publications Index Medicus, International Nursing Index, and Index to Dental Literature?

Answer 1

MEDLINE

Question 2

What is the term that describes quantitative approaches to reviewing related studies, and that refers to statistical analyses that combine and interpret the result of independent studies of a given scientific issue for the purpose of integrating the findings?

Answer 2

Meta-Analysis

Question 4

What is by far the most frequently used, summarizes past research by drawing conclusions from many separate studies addressing similar or related hypotheses or research questions?

Answer 4

Integrative review

Question 5

What summarizes the different research designs used to study a particular topic and compares studies using the range of designs with regard to their findings, with the purpose to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the existing designs for a particular topic and explain to what extent differences in findings are the results of differences in design?

Answer 5

Methodological review

Question 6

What provides a synthesis of existing knowledge on a specific question, based on an assessment of all relevant empirical research that can be found?

Answer 6

Research review

Question 7

What is the most popular, as well as important meta-analysis procedure; that may be defined as the size or strength of the impact of one factor on another, where study results are summarized in which there was some kind of control or comparison group so that an effect size can be calculated for each study?

Answer 7

Effect Size

Question 8

What summarizes current knowledge of a topic so as to draw out the policy implications of study findings?

Answer 8

Policy-Oriented Review