General Knowledge
Ethics
Quantitative
Qualitative
Literature
100

Positivism and interpretivism are both common types of what?

Epistemologies

100

This committee at a university or organization determines whether research is ethical and allowable.

The Institutional Review Board (IRB)

100

The most frequent (or popular) attribute, in either grouped or ungrouped data, is the...

Mode

100

Name 3 approaches to qualitative research.

Grounded theory, ethnography, narrative, case study, historical, phenomenology, participatory action research. 
100

Name a place/website where you can find, look up and read academic articles.

What is:

•Google Scholar

•ResearchGate

•Library website

•Email the author

•Other good answers?

200

It is helpful to use theory in research, why (name at least 2 reasons)?

•Gives us a framework

•Suggests questions that have been “proven” to be relevant

•Builds on prior knowledge

•Helps us select relevant data

•Helps us interpret data

•Helps propose explanations of underlying causes or influences of observed phenomena

•More!

200

National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research was founded on three main ethical principles.  What are they?

Respect for persons

Beneficence - do no harm

Justice

200

Given the following values, the median is: 8, 12, 9, 15, 17, 11, 13, 14, 7

12

200

Name 3 different types of data collection methods in qualitative research.

Interviews, focus groups, observation, field notes,

200

What is a literature review?

Relatively complete

but succinct summary of research literature

on the topic. 

Conceptual, theoretical, and empirical literature should be included where relevant.

300

What’s the difference between cross-sectional and longitudinal designs?

Cross-sectional are at one point in time. Longitudinal is at different points in time.

300

When individuals understand and agree to participate in research, we say that we've obtained what?

Informed Consent

300

Name three types of longitudinal studies.

Trend

Cohort

Panel

300

Establishing rigor or trustworthiness in qualitative research involves what (name at least 3)?

prolonged engagement, persistent observation, triangulation, member checking, peer debriefing and support, audit trail, negative case analysis.

300

Why do we conduct a literature review?

Avoid reinventing the wheel; avoid the mistakes of others; Literature review gives you a prime source for selecting a research question to begin with; You can make decisions about duplicating a previous study, duplicating a study with different methodology,  or departing radically from previous work; You can identify valid measurement instruments, alternative conceptions of the problem, and variables

400

Name the three common approaches (or types) of conducting research.

Quantitative

Qualitative

Mixed Methods

400

Why might a researcher obtain a certificate of confidentiality?

To protect the privacy of research subjects by prohibiting disclosure of identifiable, sensitive research information to anyone not connected to the research except when the subject consents or in a few other specific situations. 

400

This is a stated prediction of what your research will find.

Hypothesis

400

The most commonly used analytic procedure in qualitative analysis. 

Coding

400

You will need to read approximately how many abstracts for a paper with 20-25 references?

about 200

500

Most research falls into one of four different categories. Name those four categories.  

Descriptive, exploratory, explanatory, evaluative.

500

The IRB can conduct three types of reviews.  What are they?

◦(1) Exempt Status Determination

◦(2) Expedited Reviews:

◦(3) Full Committee Reviews

500

A variable affected by a change is called what?

Dependent variable

500

Name 3 (out of the 10) types of coding you learned about.

Structural, axial, descriptive, in vivo, theoretical, process or action, emotions, values, versus, evaluation

500

This part of a paper should be written last. 

Introduction (or abstract)