Research Basics
This type of research focuses on lived experience and meaning.
What is qualitative research?
This study follows a group over time.
What is a cohort study?
This board reviews research for ethical approval.
What is the IRB?
Participants changing behavior because they are observed.
What is the Hawthorne effect?
This is the strongest level of evidence.
What is a systematic review or meta-analysis?
This type of research uses numerical data and statistics.
What is quantitative research?
This is the strongest experimental design
What is a randomized controlled trial (RCT)?
This is NOT required for IRB submission.
What is hypothesized outcomes?
This occurs when no new data is being collected.
What is saturation?
Correlation does NOT equal this.
What is causation?
These two types of research answer “why/how” vs. “does it work?”
What are qualitative and quantitative?
This type of qualitative research focuses on lived experience.
What is phenomenology?
This ethical guideline came from post-WWII trials
What is the Nuremberg Code?
A correlation of r = 0.01 represents this
What is negligible relationship?
This level includes expert opinion.
What is the lowest level of evidence?
Qualitative research primarily focuses on this instead of numbers.
What is experience or context?
This examines cultural behaviors within a group.
What is ethnography?
This protects patient privacy in research.
What is HIPAA?
This type of data collection involves watching and recording behaviors.
What is observation?
This process shares research with others.
What is dissemination?
An OT wants to understand both patient satisfaction AND measurable outcomes. What research design would best support this?
What is mixed-methods research?
This describes new cases over time.
What is incidence?
This set of principles includes respect, beneficence, and justice.
What is the Belmont Report?
Name one bias in qualitative research.
Examples: researcher bias, participant influence, convenience sampling)
This happens when effect size decreases.
What is sample size increases?