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Volume 1 Chapter 5:
EMS Research
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The word science literally means: | Knowledge |
| Scientific method is: | A process used by scientists to construct an accurate representation of the world |
| Hypothesis means: | A specific question answered by a study |
| Quantitative research describes phenomena using: | Numbers |
| Qualitative research describes phenomena using: | Words |
| Mixed research is a combination of: | Quantitative and qualitative research |
| A study that looks at existing data is: | Retrospective study |
| A group of subjects who do not have manipulation of the independent variable is: | Control group |
| Experimental groups are also referred to as: | Treatment groups |
| A study in which the scientist does not randomly assign subjects to the study is called: | Quasiexperimental study |
| A study that does not have a control group is called: | An observational study |
| The study in which the subjects do not know whether they are in the control group or treatment group is called a: | Single blind study |
| A study in which neither the subjects or the scientists know who the control group is called a: | Double blind study |
| An observational study in which subjects who have a certain condition and/or who receive a particular treatment are followed overtime and compared with another group who are not affected by the condition is called a: | Cohort study |
| A study that looks a group of patients with a similar condition is called a: | Case series |
| A structured study of a single patient who is unique or interesting to the medical community is called a: | Case report |
| Scientific research at its most basic level is called: | Bench research |
| How well a study supports the conclusions of a study is called: | Validity |
| A description of the basic features of data in a study is called: | Descriptive statistics |
| Information from sampled observations of a population is called: | Inferential statistics |
| Adding the values and then dividing the sum by the number of values is called: | Means |
| Put the values into numerical order and find the middle value: | Median |
| Mean and median indicate the center of a group, called: | Measures of central tendency |
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