Week 13

Question 1

What is Quantitative Research?

Answer 1

An objective and reliable source - empirical data. Deals in numbers, logic and the objective – those things which can be measured.

Question 2

What is Qualitative research?

Answer 2

Deals in words, images and the subjective.

Question 3

List the Hierarchy of Evidence in order of importance (most important being no. 1).
Cohort Studies
Systematic Reviews (meta-analyses)
Expert Opinion
Case Reports
Randomised controlled trials

Answer 3

1. Systematic Reviews (Meta-analyses)
2. Randomised Controlled Trials
3. Cohort Studies
4. Case Reports
5. Expert Opinion

Question 4

Observational studies:

Answer 4

Examine variables in their natural environments (no imposed treatments).

Question 5

Experimental (randomised) studies:

Answer 5

Studies designed to examine cause and affect with researcher imposed treatments.

Question 6

Independent variable

Answer 6

The cause variable, or the one that identifies forces that act on something else.

Question 7

Dependent variable

Answer 7

The variable that is the effect or is the result or outcome of another variable.