DH202 Midterm Review

Significant health disparities exist in different ethnic groups.

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

The theory that a disease can be attributed to many factors is termed ________.

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

What is a body of techniques that uses observation, reason, and experimentation to further evidence?

The number of new cases of a disease in a population over a given period of time is called ________.

Which research considers the effect of intraoral sodium bicarbonate rinses on the periodontal ligament of laboratory

Who is the founder of dental hygiene?

Bacterial plaque converts all foods, especially sugar, into acid.

The prevention agenda for the United States is discussed in which publication?

Which source provides funding for the educational and research activities of dental hygienists?

Which of the following is NOT part of the Research Methodology Analogy?

The host response is important in severe periodontitis.

What source contains oral epidemiological data from around the world?

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

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

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

Dental caries is one of the most common of all diseases, second only to the common cold.

What publication is a compilation of cogent issues currently studied?

If dental hygiene is to evolve as a specific scientific discipline, ________.

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

Which is NOT an attribute of Scholarly Identity?

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

A risk indicator is a modifiable attribute that is known to be associated with a health condition.

Which approach studies the meaning of past events?

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

Evidence-Based Practice means ________.

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

Root caries are most common in teenagers.

The number of all existing cases of a disease in a population measured at a given point is called ________.

Why is dental hygiene research important?

Causality means that a particular exposure results in a particular outcome.

All of the following is private practice methodology except ________.

Which approach measures the relationship between variables?

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

The study of disease in a target population is called ________.

What is the first step of the scientific method?

Evidence-based practice takes into account which preferences?

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

Overall, the prevalence of both partial and total tooth loss in adults has ________.

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

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

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

In the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHANES how many adults were found to have gingivitis?

Steps in Scientific Method:Name the problem, Form a hypothesis,Test hypothesis, Check/interpret results, Report results

A risk marker is an attribute associated with the increased probability of disease but does not have a causal role.

Observational studies can be conducted to infer causality.

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

Establishing risk is the same as establishing causality.

The purpose of dental hygiene research is to ________.

Which research approach would involve a study of the development of the International Federation of DH Association?

Periodontal disease is caused by convergence of bacteria and an aggressive

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