F21 Midterm

1.  ____________________ (type of mixed method design) collects both quantitative and qualitative data at the same time using same or parallel concepts

2.  A professor developed a test that would identify students who may be eligible for advanced courses in math and then compares the results of this test with their current grades in math. She is trying to evaluate the test’s ____________ validity

3.  Renee asks students to describe their experiences at college in their own words in order to gain an insight into the freshman year experience. Renee is using a(n) __________ measure

4.   ____________________ (type of mixed method design) collects both quantitative and quantitative data at the same time but analyzes them separately

5.  What is one of the main purposes to conduct a randomized study design?  

6.  Caroline administers a test to a group of students and then asks them to complete the test again a few days later. Which is Caroline trying to assess?

7.  A researcher is conducting a telephone interview to quantify the consumption of fast food among children.  What type of research study is this?

8.  If we say that Alcohol use influences the development of Bipolar disorders, what function does alcohol use play?

9.  Which of the following statements could not be applied to open-ended interview questions

10. If study results cannot be generalized to wide-ranging populations, what type of validity do they lack?

11.   What is one of the main purposes of theory?

12.  Assessment of rare diseases is a major strength of a prospective cohort study

13.  Cross-sectional studies allow for assessment of cause-and-effect relationship

14.  Prospective cohort studies start with populations with and without disease

15.  Face validity is the extent to which a test :improves on” the criterion related validity of whatever tests are currently being used.

16.  In single blinded studies, participants and researchers are unaware of treatment versus control.

17. In single blinded studies, only researchers are unaware of treatment versus control

18.  Cross-sectional studies are useful for assessing the incidence of disease

19 .  Prospective cohort studies are useful for assessing the incidence of disease

20.   In single blinded studies, only data analysts are unaware of treatment versus control

21.   In double blinded studies, only researchers are unaware of treatment versus control

22.  Cross sectional studies randomly assign study populations to an intervention and a control group

23.  Cross-sectional studies are good for generating hypothesis

24.  Purposive sampling relies on participants recruiting other participants.

25   Extra Credit (2 points)

Provide a research question and explain what is the predictor variable (independent variable) and outcome variable (dependent variable)