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Lab Dental Research Quiz

Test your knowledge on lab dental research with this comprehensive quiz. Whether you are a student, teacher, or a professional in the field, this quiz is designed to challenge and enhance your understanding of crucial dental research concepts.

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1. What is the smallest sample size you should consider when interviewing?

 1

 3

σ� 5

 10

2. What should be the content of an abstract?

 The topic and the research question or hypothesis

 The topic, the research question or hypothesis, objectives, and methods of the study

σ� The topic, the research question or hypothesis, objectives and a brief résumé of the conclusions

σ� The topic, the research question or hypothesis, objectives, and methods of the study, a brief résumé of the conclusions

3. In the definition of epidemiology, determinants generally includes:

4. The "M" in DMFT stands for missing for what reason?

σ� Congenitally missing teeth

 Indicated for Extraction due to Caries

σ� Deciduous teeth exfoliated

σ� Indicated for Extraction for Ortho

6. To put ideas together to form a new whole is:

σ� Evaluation

σ� Synthesis

σ� Analysis

 Application

7. Which is not true about projects:

σ� It is a purposeful activity

 It is proceeded in social environment

σ� It is accomplished in real life

σ� It is teacher centred activity

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

 The availability of literature

 The availability of participants

σ� The type of analysis that would take place

σ� The type of methods that would be used

10. Your conceptual framework is normally developed?:

σ� Before your literature review

σ� During your literature review

 After data collection

σ� After data analysis

11. What should not be included in a research proposal?:

 A summary of existing work in the area

σ� The proposed methods to collect data

σ� The results that will be obtained

σ� An acknowledgement of any ethical issues

12. Which of the following is NOT a function of referencing?:

σ� To demonstrate breadth of reading

σ� To attribute a quotation

 To ensure a sufficiently long reference list

σ� To justify your approach

13. A literature review should include material that is:

σ� From any available discipline if relevant

σ� Directly related to your research question only

σ� Closely related to your research question only

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

14. Identifying someones age is an example of:

σ� Nominal measurement

σ� Ordinal measurement

 Interval measurement

σ� Ratio measurement

15. 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

σ� Not be overly concerned with ethical issues

σ� None of the above

16. Field notes should be:

σ� As brief as possible

σ� Descriptive

σ� Made after the fieldwork

σ� Focus on a single element of the research

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

σ� Abstract

σ� Literature review

 Results

 Conclusion

18. What should not be included in the introduction?:

 The aim of the research

 A statement justifying the importance of the research

σ� An indication of the key findings

σ� An outline of the structure of the report

19. 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.

σ� Look for the most recent in press publication before reading.

 Find and use a reader on the topic in question.

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

20. Why do you need to review the existing literature?:

σ� You enjoy reading the academic research on your topic.

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

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

σ� To make sure you have a long list of references

21. To read the literature critically means:

σ� To suggest the previous research was always poorly conducted.

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

σ� Evaluating what you read in terms of your own research questions

 Being negative about something before you read it.

22. What can a researcher use the literature to achieve?:

σ� 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.

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

σ� All of the above

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

σ� Recording the full URL

 Noting the access dates

σ� All of the above

σ� Downloading material to be referenced

24. An inductive theory is one that:

σ� Involves testing an explicitly defined hypothesis

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

σ� Uses quantitative methods whenever possible

σ� Allows theory to emerge out of the data

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

σ� Whether an abstract should be included

σ� The format for referencing

σ� The word limit

σ� All of the above

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

σ� Working out a timetable

σ� Finding out what resources are readily available to you

σ� Calculating a budget for likely expenditure

σ� All of the above

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

σ� If they guide your literature search

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

σ� If they force you to narrow the scope of your research

σ� All of the above

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

 Your sample frame and sampling strategy

 The ethical issues that might arise

σ� Negotiating access to the setting

σ� All of the above

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

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

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

σ� Apply for clearance of your project through an ethics committee

 All of the above

30. A systematic literature review is:

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

σ� A replicable, scientific and transparent process

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

σ� A responsible, professional process of time-management for research

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

σ� A summary of each author's work you have read

σ� A description of the findings in each piece of research

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

σ� Your analysis of each piece of literature

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

σ� Summarize existing knowledge

σ� Summarize existing hypotheses

σ� Suggest new relationships and make new predictions

 Suggest new theories

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

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

σ� Research purpose, research problem and hypothesis

σ� Research topic, research purpose, research question,

σ� Research topic, hypothesis, research question

34. Sources of researchable problems can include:

σ� Researchers’ own experiences as educators

 Practical issues that require solutions

σ� Theory and past research

 All of the above

35. Which of the following is a function of theory? :

σ� Integrating and summarizing current knowledge

σ� Making predictions

σ� Explaining phenomena

 All of the above

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

σ� To become familiar with prior research on the phenomenon of interest

σ� To identify potential methodological problems in the research area

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

σ� All of the above

37. Computer database searches can be done:

σ� With a computer with CD-ROM drive

σ� At the library

 Online

σ� All of the above

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

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

 Be alert to the possibility of exposure to danger

σ� Avoid interviewing alone in the respondent's residence

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

σ� All of the above

40. An open question is one that:

σ� Allows respondents to answer in their own terms

σ� Does not suggest or provide a limited range of responses

σ� Can help to generate answers for closed questions

σ� All of the above

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

σ� Literature review

σ� Methodology

 Introduction

 Theoretical framework

42. A research plan:

σ� Should be detailed

σ� Should be given to others for review and comments

σ� Sets out the rationale for a research study

σ� All of the above

43. The Method section of the research plan typically specifies :

σ� The research participants

σ� The apparatus, instruments, and materials for the research study

σ� The planned research procedures

σ� All of the above

44. The Introduction section of the research plan:

 Gives an overview of prior relevant studies

σ� Contains a statement of the purpose of the study

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

All of above

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

σ� Results section

Abstract

σ� Limitations

σ� Introduction

46. How can you write a literature review?:  First organize your resources chronologically,

σ� Historically, thematically

σ� An order that applies to the project

σ� All are corrects

σ� First organize your resources chronologically,

47. How do you write a research proposal?:

σ� An abstract, a statement regarding the importance of the research,

σ� A literature review,

σ� Research methodology and statistic

 All are corrects

48. How do you write a research design paper?:

σ� Identifies a problem,

σ� Discusses literature written about the problem,

σ� Describes the methodology used in the research project

σ� All are corrects

49. The two main kinds of academic literature are:

σ� Primary literature and secondary literature

 Original research articles and review articles

σ� Literature review and systematic review

σ� All are corrects

50. A literature review is a critical assessment of:

σ� All existing published material on the topic

σ� All existing published and unpublished material on the topic

σ� Relevant studies selected on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria

 All are corrects

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