1.What is another term for a research frame?
A) Paradigm
2.What is a purpose of research?
A) Create new knowledge
3.The researchers were conducting an experimental study. The researchers randomly selected subjects from the population of interest. What is the term for this random selection?
A) Random sampling
4.The researchers found that a previously unknown factor was involved in the phenomenon they were studying. This factor confused their interpretation of their findings. What term is used for this unknown factor?
A) All of the above
5.Which of the following terms is related to the qualitative approach?
A) Context
6.The researchers recorded their own experiences and thoughts as they conducted their study. What is the most likely research design of the study?
A) Observational
7.Since 1976, the Nurses’ Health Study has followed the health of its nurse-subjects over their lifetimes. Data are collected annually from the nurse-subjects. What is the time frame of this research?
A) Longitudinal
8.Correlational research can show all of the following except:
A) Cause of relationship
9.Researchers were interested in the factors that led to the merger of the American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics (AAMSI), the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI), and the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (SCAMC) to form the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). Which type of research design would you expect the researchers to use?
A) Historical
10.The health informatics researchers analyzed data that cancer researchers had previously collected, analyzed, and reported in a journal article. What is the term for the source of the data that the health informatics researchers are analyzing?
A) Secondary source
11.The researchers were conducting a study. The researchers did not know which subjects had been allocated to the intervention arm and which subjects had been allocated to the control arm. The subjects also did not know whether they were in the intervention arm or the control arm. The staff members managing the study’s operations and analyzing the data also did not know to which arm the subjects had been allocated. What type of blinding does the above scenario represent?
A) Triple-blind study
12.What are the elements of a theory?
A) All of the above
13.The researcher assessed the realistic likelihood of an evaluation study’s successful completion, given the researcher’s time, resources, and expertise. Which overarching standard for evaluation research was the researcher assessing?
A) Feasibility
14.Which criteria of quality observational research involves the procedures that the researchers use to support the accuracy and representativeness of the thoughts, feelings, perceptions, and descriptions of the subjects under study?
A) Credibility
15.What is considered technology in health technology assessment?
A) All of the above
16.What is included in the research frame?
A) All of the above
17.To investigate trends in the development of integrated delivery systems, the researcher was analyzing charters, contracts, and organizational charts. What type of source was the researcher analyzing?
A) Primary
18.The qualitative researcher explored the data looking for patterns and relationships. From these patterns and relationships, the researcher generated provisional rules. In what type of reasoning is the researcher engaged?
A) Inductive
19.In a research article on the use of technology in an emergency department (ED) during a simulation of a mass casualty event, the researcher described the physical layout of the ED, the size and height of the counters, the placement of various personnel’s workstations, the formal and informal organizational structure, the lighting, the noise level, the location of technology, and the location of instructional manuals. The researcher was particularly careful to record all comments by all personnel about technology. Which design did the researcher use to conduct this study?
A) Observational
20.The research question was, “For which users, does one of the two training modules result in a shorter learning curve?” What type of research was the researcher conducting?
A) Applied