Publication part II

A study is designed to test the effectiveness of a program to teach adolescents about hygiene. All research participants are randomly assigned to two groups, one which goes through the program and the other which does not. Both before and after the program, all participants take a test measuring knowledge of hygiene. What type of experimental design is this?

• 2 × 4 factorial design

• post-test-only control group design

• 2 × 2 factorial design

• pre-test-post-test control group design

What does it mean when the results of an experiment are statistically significant?

• the independent variable is likely to be associated with the dependent variable

• the results may be generalized to other sample populations

• measurement of the dependent variable is valid

• manipulation of the independent variable is valid

Article published in research journal are…

• Secondary sources

• Tertiary sources

• Primary sources

• Reference sources

Research periodicals are which category of sources?

• Tertiary

• Primary

• Secondary

• Non documentary.

Reference sources are those................

• Which are read at home easily?

• Which are costly?

• Which are large in size?

• Which used to obtain particular information?

Which of the following is not the documents?

• Inscription

• Periodical

• Book

• Manuscript

Which of following indices convey the reputation of an author with an regard to publication of articles?

• h5 index

• journal impact factor

• SJR ranking

• h- index

What kind of tools are the following : Zotero, Endnote, Mendeley

• search engine for scholarly articles

• file management tools

• citation management tools

• word processing tolls for citation

Which of the following is not recommended practice to identify publication that need to be listed under reference of an article ?

• Latest publication by the editor of journal

• original publication in the topic of article

• Own publication referred in article

• Relevant publication actually reference

Research participants must give what before they can participate in a study?

• Private information

• Informed consent

• A commitment

• Guidelines