STATISTICS
STUDY DESIGNS
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
IRB
HODGEPODGE
100

This term refers to a cut-off, often 0.05, that is used to assess whether statistical significance exists.

What is p value?

100

This type of study design randomly assigns subjects to groups to test the effectiveness of an intervention. This design is often considered the "gold standard" in research. 

What is a randomized controlled trial or RCT?

100

This method of data collection, also known as a group discussion, is a primary means of collecting qualitative data.

What is a focus group?

100

The letters "IRB" stand for this.

What is Institutional Review Board?

100

This type of potato is often served with fish at many restaurants in the UK.

What are chips?

200

This type of statistical test is used to determine if there is a statistically significant difference between the means of two groups.

What is a t-test?

200

This type of study design is an observational study that provides a snapshot of the population at a specific point in time.

What is a cross-sectional study?

200

This term is used in qualitative analysis as a label to describe different categories of thoughts expressed by participants.

What is a code?

200

Any research involving this group requires IRB approval.

What are human subjects?

200

This professional football franchise won last year's Super Bowl and has won 6 Super Bowls in the past 17 years. 

Who are the New England Patriots?

300

Also known as "n", this term represents the number of individual data points (e.g., patients) in a study. 

What is sample size?

300

This type of study design follows a group of individuals over an extended period of time.

What is a longitudinal (cohort) study?

300

The end result of qualitative analysis involves generating these, which illustrate patterns and provides meaning to the data.

What are themes?

300

Due to unethical studies that have been conducted in the past such as the Tuskegee syphilis study, study participants are required to sign this form prior to participating in the study.

What is informed consent form?

300

This type of animal eats food such as insects, rodents, frogs, birds, and lizards by swallowing its prey whole.

What is a snake?

400

This term is often used in research publications to describe the range of values that is likely to contain the value of interest.

What is confidence interval?

400

This type of study design might compare the past medical history of patients who have a disease or outcome of interest with those who do not have the disease or outcome.

What is a case-control study?

400

This can be used as a reference to guide you through the coding process. It contains a list of codes and their definitions.

What is a codebook?

400

The Belmont Report, also knows as the "Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research", identified these 3 ethical principles for all human subjects research.

What are respect for persons, beneficence, and justice?

400

This movie, which came out earlier this year, is the highest grossing film of all time raking in $2.79 billion.

What is Avengers: Endgame?

500

This statistic describes the strength of the association between two variables.

What is correlation?

500

This type of study design provides a comprehensive review of all relevant studies on a particular health or clinical topic.

What is a systematic review?

500

This qualitative research methodology involves researchers directly observing participants in their natural environments over time.

What is ethnography?

500

Submitted applications may fall under this type of review if they involve no more than minimal risk to the participants and do not fall under Exempt status.

What is expedited review?

500

They were the only two US presidents to sign the Constitution.

Who are George Washington and James Madison?