PICO
The A associated with PICO questions. (out of the 5 A's in the steps in Evidence based practice)
Gives us an estimate of the spread of the variable for population
standard error
The intervention is under the control of the researcher
What is experimental research design?
The spread of the data from the sample mean
What is standard deviation?
The component of EBP most directly related to OT 526
what is Research evidence?
Term associated with phase 2 of a clinical trial
What is efficacy?
A fatal flaw in study design that cannot be controlled for statistically
What is bias?
The kind of measurement that would be used to describe gender
What is nominal?
The I in PICO
What is intervention?
Researchers compare the rates of autism for children who did and did not receive the standard measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, to see if the vaccine might be responsible for autism in some children.
What is retrospective observational study
The diagram that lays out the follow of the study design is called a _____ diagram.
consort
Descriptive statistic provided for non-normal (non-parametric) data
The average of all scores
What is mean?
The O in PICO
what is Outcome?
Researchers classified pregnant women as being nondrinkers or light, moderate, or heavy drinkers; they examined the weights of their children at regular age intervals to see if alcohol during pregnancy results in poor growth.
Prospective observational study
The type of relationship that ONLY randomized controlled trials are designed to test.
What is causal relationship?
The kind of measurement used to describe number of falls
What is discrete?
The amount of components in evidence based practice (EBP)
What is four?
The last step in EBP
What is audit?
Term that best describes "the extent to which the results in a study reflect the truth about what happened in this particular study"
What is internal validity?
Observational study that collects data on an outcome and intervention at one point in time
what is cross sectional?
A graph shows a curve with a tail toward the right and the raised portion toward the left. This would be best described as:
what is positive skew?
The administrative group that monitors research activities within an organization