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I am a research team member
Everything you need to know when conducting research
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Data collection
Study types
100
This persons who helps estimate the sample size and power, designs the analysis plan and helps to interpret the findings of the study.
Who is the Statistician?
100
A variable that impacts on both the predictor and outcome variables
What is a confounding variable?
100
This must be obtained before a person can participate in a research study.
What is informed consent?
100
This contains each participant's ID and responses to survey questions
What is a data management table or database?
100
This type of study combines data and results from many previous published studies and draws conclusions.
What is a meta-analysis?
200
This is can happen if a participants tries to please the interviewer
What is bias?
200
A meaningful difference in population groups' access to healthcare or quality of healthcare
What is a health disparity?
200
This is the type of research which gathers information about values, attitudes and opinions about a research topic.
What is qualitative research?
200
Data that is collected by another researcher for another research topic.
What is secondary data?
200
Observational studies and experimental studies
What are the major types of research studies?
300
The research team member who ensures that the study is carried out properly and that the manual of operations is followed.
Who is the quality control coordinator?
300
The committee that reviews, approves and monitors research involving humans according to federal guidelines.
What is the Institutional Review Board?
300
Funding
What is a major challenge to conducting health research?
300
This is the guide that contains details about the study protocol, recruitment and study methods.
What is the manual of operations?
300
Advantages of this type of study include that it can be used to study rare or uncommon diseases or conditions and it is inexpensive and quick to perform.
What is a case-control study?
400
The person who is ultimately responsible for the design and conduct of the study, for getting funding for the study and for reporting the findings.
Who is the Principal Investigator?
400
Elements of this include explanations of the purpose of the research, risk and benefits, alternatives, confidentiality, compensation for injury, who to contact if they have questions, and that participation is voluntary.
What is Informed consent?
400
Something that is serious, related or possibly related to a study that must be reported within 10 days to the IRB.
What is an adverse event?
400
This statistic is a measurement of the association between the predictor variables and outcome variable in an observational study.
What is a relative risk?
400
These are the people in a case-control study who do not have the disease being investigated.
What are the controls?
500
The person with good organizational skills who is responsible for the day-to-day management of all study activities.
What is project director or study coordinator?
500
Type of research that may use focus groups, unstructured interviews, and open-ended questions.
What is qualitative research?
500
A federal agency that is a major funder of health research.
What is the National Institutes of Health?
500
Space to conduct the study, hire a research team, obtain IRB approval, write a manual of operations
What are parts of a research study start-up or implementation?
500
This is the type of study that an investigator would use if she wishes to follow a group of newborns from birth until the age of 4 years to study language development in bilingual families.
What is a longitudinal or prospective cohort study?