Exam 6: Culturally Competent Research

A good way to ensure that your data analysis is culturally competent is to combine all minority groups together as one category to compare to the majority group in the data analysis.

Conceptual equivalence ensures metric equivalence.

Which of the following is a method for tracking and contacting hidden and oppressed populations to retain their ongoing participation in longitudinal research studies include:

Which of the following statements is true about measurement equivalence?

Describe the steps you would take to maximize the cultural competence of your problem formulation in studying a social problem among a Native American tribe living on a reservation.

If research participants from two different cultures have the same average score on a scale measuring caregiver burden,that means that the two groups of participants subjectively perceive the same degree of caregiver burden.

Acculturation occurs when a group or individual changes after coming into contact with a majority culture by taking on the _____ of the majority:

Recruitment of minority and oppressed populations in research studies can be enhanced by:

Which of the following statements is true about culturally competent interviewing?

The best time to read about the culture of a population you seek to research is after you have formulated your research question.

Using anonymous enrollment procedures can enhance efforts to recruit research participants from stigmatized populations.

Linguistic equivalence ensures conceptual equivalence.

Cultural competence should NOT affect how research findings are interpreted.

When recruiting minority and oppressed populations in research studies,you should

Latinos who recently immigrated to the United States are likely to have the same level of acculturation as Latinos whose parents or grandparents have lived in the United States for several decades or longer

Provide an example where degree of acculturation should be included as one of the variables in a study of a minority culture.

Describe the steps you would take to maximize the recruitment and retention of recently immigrated substance abusing Mexican American youths and their parents in a longitudinal evaluation of the effectiveness of a family-oriented substance program in Laredo (a US city located on the Texas-Mexico border).

Explain the difference between linguistic,conceptual and metric equivalence.

Culturally competent research involves awareness of the ways in which cultural factors could influence

Culturally insensitive research can