Unit 9 Flashcards
ABA research: _____
Develops and experimentally validates procedures
ABA research: Interested in: _____
Addressing socially significant problems
Research: _____
Systematic manipulation and observation of phenomena
Evidence-based practice: _____
Effective procedures verified by scientific research
Scientist-practitioner model integrates: _____
Theory, research, and practice
Literature review:
Process of synthesizing: _____
Published research
Literature review:
Process of determining: _____
Existing knowledge on a topic
Peer review is the evaluation of: _____
Research quality and rigor
Peer reviewers are: _____
Individuals in the same specialty area
Database: _____
Searchable collection of information (e.g., journal articles)
Boolean operators use: _____
Conjunctions and symbols
Boolean operators work to: _____
Combine and exclude keywords in a search
Abstract is a short description of the study’s (4): _____
Participants, IV, DV, and results
Introduction section provides: _____
Relevant background info and purpose
Methods section includes detailed information about (6): _____
Participants, settings, DV, design, baseline, IV
Results section: _____
Displays & describes the study’s findings
Discussion section describes (4): _____
Goal achievement, limitations, implications, and future research
References section lists: _____
Previous research & materials cited in the article
DOI stands for: _____
Digital Object Identifier
DOI number is: _____
Unique/standardized number assigned to an article
DOI numbers help the researcher: _____
Identify and easily find articles
Quality of research refers to including the study’s: _____
Generalization and application of results
Rigor of research is the extent to which: _____
IV was planned & implemented to produce convincing outcomes
Ecological validity is the extent to which: _____
Study relates to typical implementers, settings, and activities
What Works Clearinghouse is funded by: _____
U.S. Department of Education
What Works Clearinghouse:
What do they do? (2): _____
- Review and evaluate
2. Set standards to guide study reviewers educational research
Bias is any: _____
Deviation from the truth in a study
Bias can occur in the study’s: _____
Methods, measures, analysis, or dissemination
Risk of bias is the probability of bias in: _____
Methods, results, or interpretation
Characteristics of scientist-practitioner model (4): _____
- Empirical and scientific worldview
- Analytic approach to problems
- Fundamental research design
- Literature review skills
Boolean operator
AND: _____
Joins “concepts”
Boolean operator
NOT: _____
Excludes “concepts”
Boolean operator
OR includes: _____
Either or both terms
Boolean operator
*includes: _____
All words with same root
Boolean operator
” “ includes: _____
Only exact phrases in quotations
Boolean operator
( ) combines: _____
Search parameters
Boolean operator
( ) allows for: _____
“Nested” searches
Critical components of rigor (5):
- (D) Appropriate design
- (R) Adequate reliability
- (F) Acceptable procedural fidelity
- (D) Sufficient data collection
- (D) Demonstration of effect
Factors of quality research:
- Ecological validity
- Social validity
- Generalization
- Maintenance
- Randomness