Research 42

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Epidemiology Research Quiz

Test your knowledge in the field of epidemiology with our comprehensive 42-question quiz. Designed for students, researchers, and educators, this quiz covers a wide range of topics including research methodology, literature review, and data analysis.

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3. Which is not true about projects

It is a purposeful activity

It is proceeded in social environment

It is accomplished in real life

It is teacher centred activity

5. What would not be a consideration during the research design stage?

The availability of literature

The availability of participants

The type of methods that would be used

The type of analysis that would take place

6. Your conceptual framework is normally developed?

Before your literature review

During your literature review

After data collection

After data analysis

7. What should not be included in a research proposal?

A summary of existing work in the area

The proposed methods to collect data

The results that will be obtained

An acknowledgement of any ethical issues

8. Which of the following is NOT a function of referencing?

To demonstrate breadth of reading

To attribute a quotation

To ensure a sufficiently long reference list

To justify your approach

9. A literature review should include material that is

Directly related to your research question only

Closely related to your research question only

From the wider sports literature, but not from non-sports literature

From any available discipline if relevant

10. Identifying someone's gender is an example of

Nominal measurement

Ordinal measurement

Interval measurement

Ratio measurement

11. Identifying someones age is an example of

Nominal measurement

Ordinal measurement

Interval measurement

Ratio measurement

12. When interviewing children, you should try to

Avoid being seen as an authority figure

Take them out of the classroom if interviewing them at school

Not be overly concerned with ethical issues

None of the above

13. Field notes should be

As brief as possible

Descriptive

Made after the fieldwork

Focus on a single element of the research

14. What will normally be the last of the following sections to be written?

Abstract

Literature review

Results

Conclusion

15. What should not be included in the introduction?

The aim of the research

A statement justifying the importance of the research

An indication of the key findings

An outline of the structure of the report

16. Which of the following do we recommend as ways to build your general knowledge of a topic area?

Read a good recent textbook chapter.

Look for the most recent in press publication before reading.

Find and use a reader on the topic in question.

Read a good recent textbook chapter, Find and use a reader on the topic in question

17. Why do you need to review the existing literature?

You enjoy reading the academic research on your topic.

Because without it, you could never reach the required word-count.

To find out what is already known about your area of interest

To make sure you have a long list of references.

18. To read the literature critically means:

To suggest the previous research was always poorly conducted.

Skimming through the material because most of it is just padding.

Evaluating what you read in terms of your own research questions

Being negative about something before you read it.

19. What can a researcher use the literature to achieve?

They can demonstrate their competence by referring to prominent writings in the field.

They develop their version of the literature in such a way as to show and to lead up to the contribution they will be making in their own project or article.

They can identify a gap or problem in the literature that corresponds to the research questions.

All of the above

20. When accessing the internet, which of these steps is the most essential?

Recording the full URL

Noting the access dates

Downloading material to be referenced

All of the above

21. An inductive theory is one that:

Involves testing an explicitly defined hypothesis

Does not allow for findings to feed back into the stock of knowledge

Uses quantitative methods whenever possible

Allows theory to emerge out of the data

22. Which of the following requirements for a dissertation may depend on your institution?

Whether an abstract should be included

The format for referencing

The word limit

All of the above

23. The role of a project supervisor is to:

Make sure you keep to your schedule and deadlines

Provide intellectual support, guidance and critical feedback

Negotiate access to the research setting on the student's behalf

Give you a reading list

24. You can manage your time and resources best, by:

Working out a timetable

Finding out what resources are readily available to you

Calculating a budget for likely expenditure

All of the above

25. How can you tell if your research questions are really good?

If they guide your literature search

If they are linked together to help you construct a coherent argument

If they force you to narrow the scope of your research

All of the above

26. Which of the following should you think about when preparing your research?

Your sample frame and sampling strategy

The ethical issues that might arise

Negotiating access to the setting

All of the above

27. What practical steps can you take before you actually start your research?

Find out exactly what your institution's requirements are for a dissertation

Make sure you are familiar with the hardware and software you plan to use

Apply for clearance of your project through an ethics committee

All of the above

28. A systematic literature review is:

One which starts in your own library, then goes to on-line databases and, finally, to the internet

A replicable, scientific and transparent process

One which gives equal attention to the principal contributors to the area

A responsible, professional process of time-management for research

29. The final paper of a critical review of literature contains:

A summary of each author's work you have read

A description of the findings in each piece of research

A synthesis of the analysis of the information in the reviewed papers

Your analysis of each piece of literature

30. The “tool” function of theory is to:

Summarize existing knowledge

Summarize existing hypotheses

Suggest new relationships and make new predictions

Suggest new theories

31. According to the text, which of the following orders is the recommended in the flowchart of the development of a research idea?

Research topic, research problem, research purpose, research question, hypothesis

Research purpose, research problem and hypothesis

Research topic, research purpose, research question,

Research topic, hypothesis, research question

32. Sources of researchable problems can include:

Researchers’ own experiences as educators

Practical issues that require solutions

Theory and past research

All of the above

33. Which of the following is a function of theory?

Integrating and summarizing current knowledge

Making predictions

Explaining phenomena

All of the above

34. A review of the literature prior to formulating research questions allows the researcher to do which of the following?

To become familiar with prior research on the phenomenon of interest

To identify potential methodological problems in the research area

To develop a list of pertinent problems relative to the phenomenon of interest

All of the above

35. Computer database searches can be done:

With a computer with CD-ROM drive

At the library

Online

All of the above

36. According to your text, which of the following is not a source of research ideas?

37. What can you do to ensure your physical safety during your research?

Be alert to the possibility of exposure to danger

Avoid interviewing alone in the respondent's residence

Make sure someone knows where you are and how you can contact them in an emergency

All of the above

38. An open question is one that:

Allows respondents to answer in their own terms

Does not suggest or provide a limited range of responses

Can help to generate answers for closed questions

All of the above

39. The section/sentence that includes the aim or purpose of the study is found in the:

Literature review

Methodology

Introduction

Theoretical framework

40. A research plan:

Should be detailed

Should be given to others for review and comments

Sets out the rationale for a research study

All of the above

41. The Method section of the research plan typically specifies

The research participants

The apparatus, instruments, and materials for the research study

The planned research procedures

All of the above

42. The Introduction section of the research plan

Gives an overview of prior relevant studies

Contains a statement of the purpose of the study

Concludes with a statement of the research questions and, for quantitative research, it includes the research hypothesis

All of the above

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