Salvo - Ch. 5: Evidence-Informed Practice and Research Literacy

What kind of research emphasizes objective measurements and statistic, mathematic, or numeric analysis?

• data research

• quantitative research

• qualitative research

• basic research

What implies accuracy and indicates that the experiment measured what it was supposed to measure?

• reliability

• bias

• validity

• data-sourced

A group of techniques used to investigate questions and develop new knowledge by gathering evidence, experimentation, and testing theories is called what?

• scientific method

• literacy review

• qualitative research

• research

What is the variable that is stable and unaffected by other variables?

• dependent variable

• confounding variable

• independent variable

• operational variable

What is our tendency toward a preference or outcome called?

• validation

• bias

• reliability

• experimentation

Participants in a research study who do not receive treatment are called the:

• control group

• sham group

• treatment group

• alternative group

What is the process whereby research is scrutinized by a group of experts in the same or a similar field?

• secondary review

• peer review

• primary review

• source review

What are boundaries that the researcher sets for the study and are under his or her control called?

• assumptions

• delimitations

• limitations

• confounding variables

___________________ means there was a relationship between variables and it was caused by something other than chance.

• data significance

• clinical significance

• statistical significance

• statistical insignificance

What is a longitudinal study that follows a group of participants across a certain period called?

• case-control study

• systematic study

• cohort study

• meta-analytical study