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Research Designs
Descriptive
Correlational
Inferential
Ethics and Other
100
A group of researchers is going into a SNF to conduct a study on the effects of animal assisted therapy, compared to routine OT intervention, on depression. The researchers aim to have this many participants to have valid results when using inferential statistics.
What is 30?
100
You use a standardized assessment to evaluate children at a local preschool. You calculate three data values: average score on the assessment is 25, middle score is 23, and most frequently occurring score is 30. What are the names of these measures of central tendency?
What is the mean, median, and mode?
100
Two synonyms for correlation.
What are relationship and association?
100
You are an OT working with a client with a behavioral disorder. This is the design you would use to see if introducing a sensory diet decreases the problem behavior. You measure the behavior for a week, then provide the sensory diet for a week, followed by a week with no treatment.
What is ABA?
100
The first time guidelines were established for informed consent for research done with human subjects.
What is the Nuremburg Code?
200
This purpose of research is used by most OT's & seeks to solve practical everyday problems that are encountered in treatment.
What is applied research?
200
You are a new therapist at an inpatient rehab unit. You are interested in determining how many years of experience your co-workers have with hand splints. Your data falls under which scale of measurement?
What is ratio?
200
Lizzy was examining the strength of the correlation between holiday eating and weight gain, with an obtained statistical value of r= +0.78.
What is a high correlation?
200
A type of reasoning used when an OT observes her client displaying disruptive behaviors during music class, and wonders whether music class causes disruptive behaviors.
What is inductive?
200
A researcher went into a classroom to conduct an investigation on using HWT w/o gaining approval from parents. This basic ethical principle was violated.
What is justice?
300
You have committed this type of error in research if your study results show that there is no difference between heat and cryotherapy for pain reduction in people with fibromyalgia, when in reality heat is more effective.
What is type I error?
300
This would be the best statistic to report gender in a burn unit for a given year.
What is percentage?
300
This interpretation was found when Billy investigated the correlation between visual acuity and age among older drivers living in his community, and discovered that acuity decreased as his participants got older in age.
What is a negative correlation?
300
The research design used when a group of OT's conducts a study to determine typical grip strength among college age students living in on-campus housing.
What is normative?
300
A researcher is interviewing people on their first hand knowledge about drug abuse. There is a specific research term for those interviewed.
What is key informant?
400
A p value was found to be 0.07 in a study looking a the levels of phantom limb pain between an experimental group and a control group. This is what the researchers do with the null hypothesis.
What is accept?
400
You are conducting research to find out what type of leisure activities are currently used in therapy in pediatric burn clinics. You have administered a structured questionnaire in the 10 largest burn units in the United States. Your results indicate that dance is used in 27% of therapy, play 48%, music 23%, and art 2%. This chart would best illustrate your data.
What is pie chart?
400
Charlie is examining the relationship of anxiety and test scores in his MOT students; he set an alpha level of .05. SPSS output showed an obtained value of p=0.15; Charlie came up with this interpretation of the relationship.
What is 'no statistically significant correlation between anxiety and test scores'?
400
You notice an increase in the number of clients that are missing appointments at your outpatient pediatric clinic and hear comments about "grumpy OT's". You conduct an experiment where you compare client satisfaction before and after having your therapists go through a 'customer service' training. This is the type of statistical test you use to analyze the results.
What is a t-test?
400
A researcher interviewed five older women with osteoporosis on their experiences and perceptions of integrating a physical exercise workout routine into their daily activities. Following initial data analysis, the researcher shared the results with the women and asked for their feedback to verify that the researcher understood the women correctly.
What is member checking?
500
The research design used when looking at the change in range of motion at an outpatient clinic when e-stim is used with clients with stroke.
What is experimental?
500
You are an OT at a SNF and you want to know the amount of individuals in your facility who have a diagnosis of dementia. This is the best way to obtain the information for descriptive statistics.
What is review data included in medical records
500
George used this correlation coefficient when testing the relationship between grip strength and age.
What is Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient?
500
You reword the research question to "There will be no difference in client satisfaction scores after therapists receive 'customer service' training."
What is the null hypothesis?
500
A study to determine whether meditation before sleep reduces insomnia for a person with Parkinson's disease, with an n of 1.
What is single subject?