SR2.

1. What is the purpose of conducting a systematic review?

• To generate new hypotheses
• To compare and contrast existing research studies
• To answer a specific research question
• To provide a general overview of a topic

2. Which of the following is NOT a stage involved in conducting a systematic review?

• Selecting studies for inclusion
• Data analysis
• Appraising the quality of articles
• Data extraction

3. What is the importance of a comprehensive search strategy in a systematic review?

• To include as many studies as possible
• To ensure the review is unbiased
• To identify relevant studies only
• All of the above

4. What does the acronym PICO stand for?

• Population, Interest, Context, Outcome
• Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome
• Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Observation
• None of the above

5. What is considered grey literature?

• Peer-reviewed journal articles
• Published books
• Conference proceedings and theses
• Government reports

6. When assessing the quality of a study, what is not a criterion?

• The sample size
• Internal validity
• External validity
• The color of the cover page

7. What bias refers to the tendency of positive results being published more frequently?

• Selection bias
• Publication bias
• Language bias
• Sampling bias

8. Why is it important to identify synonyms for keywords in a search strategy?

• To narrow the search results
• To broaden the search results
• To comply with database requirements
• None of the above

9. What is a Boolean operator NOT used in literature searches?

• AND
• OR
• BUT
• NOT

10. What percentage of references in the Medline database originates from the United States?

• 0.15
• 0.38
• 0.52
• 0.73