Quiz 12 Review

This committee has the primary responsibility to protect the right and welfare of human research subjects:

Institutional Review Board (IRB)

In _______ research, the researcher would like to discover new information and use that information to solve some problem.

applied

The HIM manager is conducting a survey of physician satisfaction of the HIM Department. She asks the physicians who happen to be in the Physician's Lounge to complete the survey. This is an example of a __________ sample.

convenience

A type of research that tries to discover a relationship between variables and may use questionnaires, observations, and secondary date as its collection methods is called _____.

correlation research

A type of observation in which the researcher listens and sometimes talks with the research subject in as natural an environment as possible is called

ethnography

Dr. Gunter, a physician at the Community Physician's Clinic, developed a weight loss program that he instituted with some volunteer patients. After six months he is interested in studying whether or not the weight loss program is working. This is an example of _____.

evaluation research

The physical therapy director of your facility wants to test the effectiveness of an exercise plan for a group of employees. He divided the employees into two groups at random, and each employee was given a set of instructions on a type of exercise to perform each day. The employees do not know what the exercise is for. The employees are evaluated after one month and no differences were found in the exercise plan, which leads the physical therapy director to suggest that the exercise plan was not effective. This was an example of _____.

experimental research

True or false? It is not necessary to validate statistical reports in a healthcare setting if they are computer generated. Computers don't make calculation mistakes.

false

The type of research that examines past events is called ________________.

historical research

Which type of research is subjective and process oriented?

qualitative research

The Quality Improvement Department is planning to select 50 patient satisfaction surveys from patients discharged who were between the ages of 50 to 64. This is an example of a ___________ sample.

quota

A type of sampling method in which every individual has an equal chance of being selected.

random sample

The type of data collection technique that relies on questions asked of a respondent is _____.

survey

What are the three important reasons a literature review would be performed before a study? To determine whether research has already been done on the question. To define the study. To determine whether any data sources can be used in the study. To develop a null hypothesis. Design the research To help make the hypothesis more specific

1, 3, and 6

A statement of the predicted relationship among variables in measurable terms is called a/the _____.

hypothesis