Research methods in Medical Science

All of the following components must be included in a research proposal EXCEPT:

• hypothesis

• bibliography

• abstract

• methodology

Which of the following is NOT an ethical guideline for conducting research with humans?

• Getting informed consent of the participant

• Telling participants they must continue until the study has been completed

• Keeping participants’ identity anonymous

• Telling participants they are free to withdraw at any time

Placebo usually refers as

• treatment

• control

• interview

• randomized selection

All of the following can be used as a sources of literature EXCEPT

• journal

• pubmed

• blog

• conference proceeding

___________ is a set of elements taken from a larger population according to certain rules

• Sample

• Population

• Statistic

• Placebo

Leverenz, C. S. 1998. Citing cybersources: a challenge to disciplinary values. Computers and Composition15(2), pp. 185-200.

The citation is refers to ______

• chapter in a book

• journal article

• website

• newspaper

Which of the following is necessary in obtaining informed consent?

• A description of the statistical analyses that will be carried out

• A description of the purpose of the research

• A description of the reliability and validity of test instruments

• A list of publications that the researcher has had in the last ten years

In which of the following nonrandom sampling techniques does the researcher ask the research participants to identify other potential research participants?

• Snowball

• Convenience

• Purposive

• Quota

“A measure of occurrence or disease frequency often used to refer to the proportion of individuals in a population who have a disease or condition.” The above statement refers to ______

• prevalence

• risk

• odd ratio

• relative ratio

What is the main purpose of the research proposal?

• To show the result of the previous findings

• To make the conclusion about the previous finding

• To provide the findings of the current study

• To provide the detailed description of the proposed project that will be investigated