Test
Question 1 (4 points)
All research, except for the small number of very low-risk studies determined by the IRB to be exempt from on-going review, must be reviewed by an IRB at least once per year.
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True |
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It is unethical to provide inducements to create interest and encourage individuals to participate or to remain in research.
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True |
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Which of the following is not typically considered a potential risk of research participation?
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Economic |
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Inconvenience |
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Physical |
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Psychological and Social |
Most academic institutions do not require IRB review and approval of student-led research.
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True |
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False |
Which of the following documents does NOT need be submitted for IRB review and approval?
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Recruitment scripts |
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Study budget |
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Study questionnaires |
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Informed consent materials |
Which one of the following is NOT part of informed consent?
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comprehension |
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voluntariness |
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group placement |
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information |
Which of the following statements is NOT true about privacy?
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Privacy most often comes into play during the recruitment and data collection phases of research |
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It often relates to the data management side of things, from the time the data are collected to final analysis and reporting, making sure that the participant's identity and information are kept within the research team, as specified in the protocol and agreed upon during informed consent. |
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Privacy means the "control over the extent, timing, and circumstances of sharing oneself (physically, behaviorally, or intellectually) with others" |
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It is incumbent upon the researcher to ensure that participants are selected for and approached about research discreetly |
Which of the following statements about ethical standards, guidelines, regulations, and institutional policies is TRUE?
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Ethical standards, which are typically developed at the national level, set the rules for implementing the institutional policies. |
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Regulations identify specific requirements for conducting the research as well as for the documentation of compliance, and impose penalties for non-compliance. |
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Guidelines carry the weight of law and are therefore enforceable. |
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Institutional policies are generally considered universal, and are reflected across all guidelines, regulations, and standards. |
When researchers describe study results as being "generalizable" they are referring to a study that has high ...
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external validity |
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levels of personal bias |
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limitations |
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internal validity |
What is the advantage of mixed methods research in public health?
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all answers are correct |
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it can encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and multiple paradigms |
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the strengths of one approach offset weaknesses of the other |
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it can provide more comprehensive and convincing evidence |
What is an example of the quan--> QUAL variation of the exploratory sequential design?
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interviewing the same group of individuals multiple times to see how they change over time |
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conducting qualitative research to create a scale to be implemented in the second phase of research |
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conducting focus groups to identify important themes for a survey |
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surveying a sample of individuals about their education to select individuals with higher degrees for qualitative interviews |
What should be done first in designing a mixed methods research study?
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list what data that will be collected and analyzed |
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state the question/problem to be addressed and decide if a mixed methods approach is needed |
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choose a mixed methods design based on timing, weighting and purpose |
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draw a schematic of your study |
Which of the following is typical of qualitative research but not quantitative research?
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It uses open-ended questioning with inductive probing. |
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It includes researcher bias. |
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It may be used for hypothesis generation. |
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It uses probabilistic sampling. |
Which of the following is TRUE about qualitative research?
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Qualitative research usually requires a larger sample than quantitative research. |
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Qualitative research usually poses fewer ethical risks than a standard quantitative survey. |
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Qualitative analysis often focuses on identification of themes in the data. |
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Qualitative research involves any research that uses data that has ordinal values. |
Strategies to effect community engagement do NOT include:
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going house to house to garner support |
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improving translation and dissemination plans |
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defining community and identifying partners |
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learning the etiquette of community engagement |
A researcher wants to see how the availability or lack of availability can play a role in risk y sexual behaviors among teenage girls. Which model would be the best fit?
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social cognitive theory |
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transtheoretical/ stages of change model |
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social ecological model |
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health belief model |
A theory is a set of interrelated concepts, definitions, and propositions that explains or predicts events or situations by specifying relations among variables
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Which of the following is NOT true of a model?
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Models explain phenomena |
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When developing a model, the concept, variables, and measures must be defined. |
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A model is a plan for investigating the phenomenon and provides a vehicle for applying theories. |
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Can be grouped by the level of analysis it provides: individual, interpersonal, social/community, or multiple levels. |
A theoretical paradigm that studies the subjective meanings of phenomena to open new questions is...
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interpretive |
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transformative |
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positivism |
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all of the answers are correct |
A study conducted formative community-level research in India and Tanzania and a pilot prospective clinic-based study in Tanzania to investigate the challenges and opportunities related to including young women aged 15 to 21 in future HIV prevention trials, more specifically, topical and oral microbicide trials. Two of the study's aims werer: 1. Evaluate the legal, sociocultural, and service delivery factors that hinder young women's participation in topical or oral microbicide trials— and by extension, other HIV prevention clinical trials— and make specific recommendations to enhance their participation. 2. Determine young women's acceptability and use of a proxy gel or a proxy pill, including circumstances in which participants apply the gel and take the pill; reasons for nonuse of gel or pill; for the gel, negotiations about use with partners; and for the gel, the influences of use on sexual satisfaction for themselves and their partners. What model/theory should guide this study?
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Health Belief Model |
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Social Ecological |
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Transtheoretical Model |
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Social Cognitive Theory |
Internal validity is important because it determines...
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If the study is generalizable to the larger population |
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Whether the independent variable caused the change in the dependent variable |
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If the Hawthorne effect affected the findings |
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Whether study findings are a result of measurement effects |
All of the following are threats to external validity EXCEPT:
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Selection bias |
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Instrumentation |
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Measurement error |
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confounding |
The strength of the quantitative approach is
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repeatability |
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it leaves less room for outliers and errors if conducted correctly. |
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it allows for open-ended questions |
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it allows for highly detailed accounts of how people in a social setting lead their lives. |
TREND is a checklist used for
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reporting observational evaluations |
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systematic literature reviews |
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surveillance databases |
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reporting evaluations of behavioral and public health interventions with nonrandomized designs |
SRQR and COREQ are checklists that can be used when conducting
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quantitative research |
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qualitative research |
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cross-sectional studies |
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cohort studies |