Deck 16: The Research Process

Question 1

Which study approximates the true experimental approach but lacks the control of true experimentation?

A) Survey
B) Quasi-experimental
C) Clinical
D) Retroactive
E) None of the above

Answer 1

Quasi-experimental

Question 2

Which type of approach describes and interprets current events or situations?

A) Ex post facto
B) Descriptive
C) Case cohort
D) Case control
E) None of the above

Answer 2

Descriptive

Question 3

Which type of research studies the same population over an extended period of time?

A) Case control
B) Longitudinal study
C) Correlational study
D) Survey
E) Both A and B

Answer 3

Longitudinal study

Question 4

A factorial design is used to study two or more independent variables.

Question 5

Which type of research, for example, considers the effect of intraoral sodium bicarbonate rinses on the periodontal ligament of laboratory rats?

A) Case study
B) Case control
C) Experimental
D) Correlational
E) None of the above

Question 6

A small version of a proposed study is called a ________.

A) Case study
B) Pilot study
C) Controlled study
D) Pivotal study
E) Both A and C

Question 7

A study in which neither the participant nor the researcher knows who is using a product or placebo is termed ________.

A) Double-blind
B) Blind
C) Cross-over
D) Double cross-over
E) None of the above

Question 8

In a posttest-only design, the independent variable is introducing and then the dependent variable is measured.

Question 9

Posttest sensitization is the effect of the pretest on the outcome of the study.

Question 10

An investigation that studies the frequency of flossing and periodontal disease is called a ________.

A) Correlational study
B) Survey
C) Trend
D) Case study
E) All of the above

Question 11

The attempt to identify and describe the topic being researched is ________.

A) Objective
B) Analytic
C) Descriptive
D) Subjective
E) All of the above

Question 12

Which type of research approach would involve a study of the development of the International Federation of Dental Hygienists' Association?

A) Case study
B) Historical
C) Descriptive
D) Ex post facto
E) Both A and B

Question 13

Which approach studies the meaning of past events?

A) Case study
B) Case control
C) Descriptive
D) Historical
E) All of the above

Question 14

Which approach measures the relationship between variables?

A) Correlational
B) Experimental
C) Ex post facto
D) Case control
E) All of the above

Question 15

Stratifying a sample would define information such as age, gender, sex, income level, or educational levels.

Question 16

Which study tries to investigate cause-and-effect relationships and involves manipulation of variables?

A) Trend
B) Experimental
C) Correlational
D) Survey
E) All of the above

Question 17

A study that uses questionnaires, opinionnaires, interviews, and indexes is called a ________.

A) Survey
B) Document analysis
C) Quasi-experimental
D) Developmental
E) None of the above

Question 18

A time series design measures the dependent variable and is done several times over a period of time.

Question 19

Which type of study is an in-depth report on a single person, group, event, or situation?

A) Quasi-experimental
B) Correlational
C) Case study
D) Experimental
E) None of the above

Question 20

Which type of study investigates existing differences to determine possible causes?

A) Experimental
B) Ex post facto
C) Correlational
D) Quasi-experimental
E) None of the above

Question 21

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
One population group with a common characteristic

A)Case report
B)Descriptive approach
C)Case study
D)Historical approach
E)Cohort

Question 22

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
A specific incidence of disease in one person

A)Case report
B)Descriptive approach
C)Case study
D)Historical approach
E)Cohort

Question 23

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
Designed to determine the meaning of past events

A)Case report
B)Descriptive approach
C)Case study
D)Historical approach
E)Cohort

Question 24

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
A survey fits into this approach

A)Case report
B)Descriptive approach
C)Case study
D)Historical approach
E)Cohort

Question 25

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
A report about a small group of people

A)Case report
B)Descriptive approach
C)Case study
D)Historical approach
E)Cohort