OT5014 Final - Review

Identifying meaning, patterns and connections among data, most likely represents what type of research approach? 

• Phenomenological

• Experimental

• Discrete

• Outcome

Likert scale data would typically be considered _____ data while # of participants would be considered ____ data

• Nominal; Ordinal

• Ordinal; Categorical

• Ordinal; Discrete

• Interval; Ratio

Which is not considered a parametric test?

• Chi square test

• Pearson Correlation

• ANOVA

• Kruskal Wallis test

The test used to analyze the difference between two variables for the same subject can best be described as

• Paired t-test

• Independent t-test

• ANOVA

• ANCOVA

Which is NOT considered a strategy to increase the rigor of qualitative studies

• Reflexivity

• Traingulation

• Participant Reimbursement

• Member Checks

Mean, Median, Mode are considered measures of

• Frequency

• Central Tendency

• Averages

• Variations

Which is NOT true of the null hypothesis

• It has a corresponding alternative hypothesis

• Rejection typically indicates strong possibility of significant results

• Rejection typically indicates strong possibility of insignificant results

• Accepting it's alternative hypothesis indicates strong possibility of significant results

In research, a false positive best describes

• A type 1 error

• The Hawthorn effect

• A type 2 error

• A coding error

Which is NOT considered a qualitative research approach

• Ethnographic

• Participatory Action Research

• Grounded Theory

• Experimental

Making new information available to stakeholders and the scientific community is an important step in research. Generally this step is referred to as

• Auditing

• Dissemination

• Description

• Reporting