Week 13 Flashcards

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What is Quantitative Research?

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An objective and reliable source - empirical data. Deals in numbers, logic and the objective – those things which can be measured.

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What is Qualitative research?

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Deals in words, images and the subjective.

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List the Hierarchy of Evidence in order of importance (most important being no. 1).
Cohort Studies
Systematic Reviews (meta-analyses)
Expert Opinion
Case Reports
Randomised controlled trials
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  1. Systematic Reviews (Meta-analyses)
  2. Randomised Controlled Trials
  3. Cohort Studies
  4. Case Reports
  5. Expert Opinion
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Observational studies:

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Examine variables in their natural environments (no imposed treatments).

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Experimental (randomised) studies:

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Studies designed to examine cause and affect with researcher imposed treatments.

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Independent variable

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The cause variable, or the one that identifies forces that act on something else.

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Dependent variable

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The variable that is the effect or is the result or outcome of another variable.

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