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1. What is the primary tool used to insure research subject autonomy?
Ethical research design
Peer review of results
Trustworthy investigators
Informed consent
2. Place these research designs in descending order based on level of evidence.
- 1. 2. 3. 4.
Single randomized control trial
- 1. 2. 3. 4.
Systematic review
- 1. 2. 3. 4.
Cohort study
- 1. 2. 3. 4.
Case-control
3. What value is derived from 1/(CER-EER)?
Risk ratio
Relative risk reduction
Absolute risk reduction
Number-needed-to-treat
4. Which of the following best describes correlation?
Two correlated items can have a negative relationship
One correlated item usually causes another
Correlation is nonlinear
Correlation is expressed frequency counts
4. What is the 95% confidence interval for body weight calculated from a sample of 100 males with a mean weight of 72kg (sd 15kg).
17 to 73 kg
70.5 to 73.5 kg
69 to 75 kg
62 to 81 kg
5. Of the following types of research, which is best for determining cause and effect?
Retrospective population cohort study
Limited time trial for outcomes
Randomized controlled trial
Matched case-control study
6. Which of the following study designs is best to identify the risk factors for developing a disease?
Randomized control trial
Longitudinal cohort study
Case series
Toxicology trial
7. Which validity threat occurs when a study has a drop-out rate of 30%
Selection
Maturation
Testing
Mortality
8. What type of bias is commonly found in systematic reviews?
Publication
Selection
Investigator
Maturation
9. Which of the following is required when performing an ANOVA?
Unequal variance
Normal distribution
Paired data
Ordinal scale
10. What can a qualitative researcher do to ensure transferability of the research findings?
Member-checking
Prolonged engagement
Audit trails
Thick description
11. What is the best source of information about the value of inhaled corticosteroids in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
Expert opinion of a pulmonologist
Harrison's Textbook of Medicine
Online monograph sponsored by Glaxo Smith Kline
Cochrane's database
12. Seven trials compared acetaminophen to placebo in the treatment of
osteoarthritis of the knee and hip, a pooled analysis of five trials of
overall pain using multiple methods demonstrated a statistically significant
reduction in pain (Cohen's D = -0.13, 95% CI -0.22 to -0.04)
13. What is your best interpretation of these results to the general population of osteoarthritis patients?
Some patients may receive a small benefit from acetaminophen
Most patients will achieve a medium benefit from acetaminophen
Some patients will achieve a large benefit from acetaminophen
All patients will achieve some pain relief from acetaminophen
14. Two clinicians interested in the effect of acupuncture on migraines decide to take a look at the literature. They discussed search terms and potential data sources. The authors cited 8 articles (2 RCTs), but only focused on the results from three. They found these three articles indicate that acupuncture is effective in reducing migraine pain. No effect size was calculated. What type of review did they complete?
Clinical
Narrative
Systematic
Meta-analysis
15. Which population does not have to meet the inclusion criteria for a study?
Source population
Eligible population
Participant population
All must meet inclusion criteria