Research

1. Study participant – not patients: In this Manual and during the survey we use the term. Study Participant (SP) to refer to people who participate in the study as they. Each section is described in three sub-sections:

σ� Clinical procedures

σ� Diagnostic codes

σ� Diagnostic criteria

σ� All are corrects

2. What is the main advantage of producing a written research proposal?

σ� Helps with credibility.

σ� Informs all interested parties

σ� Helps keep people employed.

σ� Helps the institution.

3. All of these may appear in a research proposal, but which one will ALWAYS appear?

σ� Research objective.

σ� Creative objective.

σ� Business objective.

σ� Marketing objective.

4. Which word fills all the blanks in this extract: We talk about generating __________, testing_______, rejecting ________.

σ� Hypotheses

σ� Questions

σ� Aims

σ� Objectives

5. The timing section of a proposal will NOT include:

σ� Deadlines for submitting the final report.

σ� Guidelines on ethics. Progress report dates.

σ� Deadlines for ending data collection.

6. Good research proposals will always:

σ� Focus on addressing the research objectives

σ� Provide respondent names and addresses.

σ� Focus on the Harvard style.

σ� Consider all possible research that had previously been done on the topic.

7. The proposal’s literature review is important because:

σ� The tutor insists upon it.

σ� It looks authoritative

σ� It is expected by the university.

σ� It shows that you are knowledgeable about the literature that relates to your research topic

8. Which proposal section is intended to describe the purpose with a full statement of the research Question?

σ� Introduction

σ� Literature review.

σ� References.

σ� Proposed Method.

9. Which ONE of these phrases is best avoided in a proposal?

σ� This research draws upon the work of………..

σ� I hope to…………

σ� This research seeks to………….

σ� The intention is to complete the study by………

10. Which ONE of these is best avoided in a proposal?

σ� Short, clear sentences.

σ� Accurate spelling and grammar.

σ� Careful use of correct gender terms.

σ� Jargon

11. The final research report is NOT:

σ� Future secondary data.

σ� Research proposal.

σ� Basis for decision-making.

σ� Tangible evidence of a research project.

12. What helps to agree timing, agree resource allocation and also draws boundaries?

σ� The final report.

σ� The proposal.

σ� The observation form.

σ� The questionnaire.

13. Projects do go wrong. In one case a student was indecisive and collected anything, just in case it came in useful: web sites, photocopies, brochures. The questionnaire even included irrelevant questions, just in case the information could be useful. Which ONE of the following would have been realistic and would have helped the most with this problem?

σ� Using a Gantt chart.

σ� Setting a clear objective

σ� Regular progress reports to the supervisor.

σ� Using SPSS.

σ� Being less ambitious.etting a clear objective.

14. How are research questions most often described?

σ� Arising within a laboratory setting

σ� Posed after important factors are identified

σ� May arise from our everyday life experiences

σ� Always answered if we follow a scientific method of inqui

15. In general, when selecting factors for a study, you want to be sure of which of these?

σ� They have been investigated before

σ� They are available to investigate

σ� They are not of interest to you

16. What does a good research question usually pursue?

σ� A small part of a broad topic

σ� A topic unrelated to any other topics

σ� The same thing as the null hypothesis

σ� A broad topic

17. Which of the following is a good way to find a research topic?

σ� Personal experience

σ� Getting an idea from your advisor

σ� Looking for the next step in the research process

σ� All of the above

18. How would you define the research process?

σ� The researcher's plan of action to be followed when carrying out research.

σ� A method of collecting research data.

σ� The stages or steps the researcher follows in carrying out a research project.

σ� The account of a study the researcher will write at the end of the study ready for publication.

19. Why does a researcher write a research proposal at the start of a study?

σ� So they will not forget what they are doing during the study.

σ� So they can advertise for people to take part in the study.

σ� To make sure they have not left any part of the study out when they are planning it.

σ� To apply for ethical approval and to gain permission to access participants or sources of data.

20. Research is

σ� Searching again and again

σ� Finding solution to any problem

σ� Working in a scientific way to search for truth of any problem

σ� All are corrects

21. Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process?

σ� Searching sources of information to locate problem.

σ� Survey of related literature

σ� Identification of problem

σ� Searching for solutions to the problem

22. Action research means

σ� A longitudinal research

σ� An applied research

σ� A research initiated to solve an immediate problem

σ� A research with socioeconomic objective

23. A research paper is a brief report of research work based on

σ� Primary Data only

σ� Secondary Data only

σ� Primary and Secondary Data

σ� All are corrects

24. Questionnaire is a :

σ� Research method

σ� Measurement technique

σ� Tool for data collection

σ� Data analysis technique

29. You are about to do a literature search, what would be the first stage?

σ� Order some inter-library loans.

σ� Read introductory textbooks

σ� Ask your lecturer for some articles.

σ� Do a literature search online.

30. Which section of a journal article is provided in most online electronic databases?

σ� Abstract

σ� Results.

σ� Introduction.

σ� Conclusion.

32. ____ research is based on naturalism?

σ� Basic research

σ� Applies research

σ� Field research

σ� Descriptive research

36. What is the purpose of doing research?

σ� To identify problemb

σ� To find the solution

σ� To identify problem and To find the solution

σ� None of these

39. What is the purpose of the conclusion in a research report?

σ� It just a summary what the article already said.

σ� It summarizes the key findings in relation to the research questions

σ� It contains a useful review of the relevant literature.

σ� It outlines the methodological procedures that were employed.

42. A deductive theory is one that:

σ� Allows theory to emerge out of the data

σ� Involves testing an explicitly defined hypothesis

σ� Allows for findings to feed back into the stock of knowledge

σ� Uses qualitative methods whenever possible

43. What is research problem?:

σ� Is an educational issue or concern that an investigator presents

σ� Justifies in a research study

σ� Opinions and attitudes

σ� Is an educational issue or concern that an investigator presents and justifies in a research study

53. After reading the method section of a quantitative research report, you should know:

σ� How the researcher analyzed the data.

σ� The researcher's interpretation of the statistical results.

σ� What the researcher did to collect the data.

σ� Which literature supports the researcher's hypotheses.

σ� Why the researcher conducted the study.

54. The reporting accuracy of numerical information is most critical in which section?:

59. A literature review is an important part of the research process because

σ� It is a summary of what literature is available on your topic

σ� It allows you identify and read key books and articles by some of the main figures who have written in the field.

σ� My supervisor likes to create more reading for me.

σ� I like to visit the library and read generally around my topic.

64. Which research refers to scientific study and research that seeks to solve practical problem:

σ� Basic research

σ� Applied research

σ� Exploratory research

σ� All are corrects

65. A systematic study directed toward greater knowedge or understanding of the fundamental aspects of phenomena:

σ� Basic research

σ� Pure research

σ� Applied research

σ� Basic research and pure research

68. Literature review is not usually concerned with helping in:

σ� Research instrument design.

σ� Subsequent data collection.

σ� Objective setting.

σ� Literary appreciation.

70. Researchers need to be cautious of some material, particularly material found online. Why?

σ� It has been used before.

σ� The quality is unknown.

σ� It is too recent.

σ� The authors name often does not appear.

71. Which of these will NOT help you to decide whether a publication is reputable?

σ� Citation rate.

σ� Audience.

σ� Importance to peers.

σ� Advertising inside.

72. The likely readers (or audiences) for a journal is a useful guide to the importance of that journal to your research. Why?

σ� It indicates the likely publisher

σ� It indicates the likely number of pages.

σ� It indicates the likely content.

σ� It indicates the likely editor.

73. Before searching you should define the timeframe of your search. Why?

σ� So you find the most articles.

σ� So you don't find the library busy

σ� So you do not incur unnecessary costs.

σ� So you work when you are most efficient.

74. Which is the major disadvantage of using peer-reviewed journals in literature reviews?

σ� Subscription fees are high.

σ� Information could be as old as four years.

σ� Humans control the quality.

σ� The information is too recent.

75. Why is it important for a researcher to review the literature?

σ� Because it is traditional.

σ� Because it shows time has been spent on the subject.

σ� Because it will find if anyone has done the work before.

σ� Because it identifies like-minded researchers.

76. Which of these is the most efficient way to locate relevant journals?

σ� Searching using tertiary sources

σ� Browsing the shelves in the library.

σ� Following up references in articles.

σ� Browsing in a newsagents.

77. Which one of these is not normally used by researchers to store references?

σ� Panels.

σ� Spreadsheets.

σ� Word processing software.

σ� Handwritten index cards.

78. When you cite Internet resources, you do not need to find:

σ� Date of access.

σ� Date created.

σ� Date of birth of the author

σ� Date last updated.

79. The most critical areas of an article to read is:

σ� Results section

σ� Introduction

σ� Abstract

σ� Limitations

81. A literature review is based on the assumption that

σ� Copy from the work of others

σ� Knowledge accumulates and learns from the work of others

σ� Knowledge dis accumulates

σ� None of the above option

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

σ� Read a good recent textbook chapter and find and use a reader on the topic in question.

σ� Read a good recent textbook chapter.

σ� Look for the most recent ‘in press’ publication before reading any other material

84. The research checklist includes all of the following questions except which one?

σ� Do you have relevant sources

σ� Are your sources from scholarly academic journals or books

σ� Can you offer justification for using popular sources

σ� Do you have enough paper to print your final project

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