QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGY
A study that aims to describe a culture--for example, that of diehard Lakers or Dodgers fans.
What is ethnography?
This type of design is also called a true experiment.
What is a randomized controlled trial?
The type of statistics used to describe data sets (e.g., frequencies, measures of central tendency).
What is descriptive statistics?
The element of PICO that "adults with a history of homelessness" would be.
What is P?
The extent to which a measurement is consistent
and free of error.
What is reliability?
The three pillars of evidence-based practice.
What are client/family situations and values, practitioners' experience, and the current best external scientific evidence?
A study that seeks to develop a theory.
What is grounded theory?
Which type of research design involves a single group participating in an intervention?
What is pre-experimental or pre/post design?
The data analysis method most commonly used in qualitative research
What is coding or thematic analysis?
This must align with the research question being investigated in a study (hint: there is more than one correct answer).
What are the aim/purpose and methods?
The extent to which a test actually measures what it
claims to measure.
What is validity?
One tool used to appraise RCTs.
What is PEDro or Jadad?
The type of study that explores a concept or seeks to understand the lived experience of a particular group--for example, being a graduate student during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What is phenomenology?
What type of experimental research has all the qualities of an RCT but lacks randomization?
What is a non-RCT?
This step in the coding process involves first identifying simple categories from the data.
What is open coding?
What is Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome?
A review that uses clear methods to perform a thorough search and critical appraisal of individual studies on a defined topic area for which there are sufficient studies of a similar design
What is a systematic review?
One important consideration when designing surveys (hint: there are many possible answers).
What is making them short but thorough enough to answer the RQ; not asking for information that you don't need; making sure all respondents can answer all items; ensuring that the RQ aligns with the content; making items unambiguous; etc.?
This type of sampling is used when researchers want to interview people with specific areas of expertise, for example, and invite them to participate.
What is purposive sampling?
This type of review systematically maps the literature on a given topic and may be conducted because there is not enough evidence to conduct a systematic review.
What is a scoping review?
The type of statistics used to draw conclusions about the differences between groups or the effectiveness of interventions (hint: associated with a p-value).
What is inferential statistics?
Two possible examples of "O" in an OT research study (hint: many answers).
What are quality of life, independence level, pain, falls, executive functioning, activity level, functional ability, occupational performance, occupational participation, etc.?
"The exchange, synthesis, and ethically sound application of knowledge”
What is knowledge translation (KT)?
What is triangulation?
The type of data collected by QL studies.
What is narrative?
The design of a study that investigates the relationship between older adults' activity levels and their fall risk.
What is correlational?
What is inferential?
The element of PICO that is most commonly missing from research questions.
What is C?
"A study of the processes and results of previous studies in a target domain that moves beyond those studies to situate historically, define for the
present, and chart future directions in that domain"
What is a meta-synthesis?
The stage of evidence-based knowledge when the practitioner is beginning to test their beliefs and determine effective methods for practice.
What is the novice professional period?