TWU-PT DPT Research Course

It's important to consider what is meaningful change to a person, this value is called:

How many articles were included in this tree plot?

If the critical region is divided into 2.5% areas, you know the data was analyzed using a(n)

Non-parametric stats require assumptions such as HOV and normality.

A t-statistic is most similar to a(n)

Should you worry if you get a positive test result and the +PPV is .90?

A ROC curve with an AUC of .90 shows that the test is good at diagnosing a condition.

Mode, median, and the mean are all measures of...

"Participation is voluntary" must be included in all IRB applications.

If you sample every 50th student at University of Houston that walks by, it's called ____.

Systematic reviews are often more current than RCTs.

Based on the total line, do you think the evidence suggests "less frequent changes."

If you run 20 t-tests, the alpha level (error rate) will be smaller than you expect.

If a tool has .90 sensitivity, it is best at...

A 2x2 ANOVA will have ____ independent variables.

Which of the following is primary source evidence?

A RCT is considered a(n) ________ type of research.

What is the strongest type of literature according to the CEBM pyramid?

If one group is tested every month for 6 months, it's called a

You must include the critical value from your t-test in your manuscript.

The range is a measure of

The reason both arms of a person can't be in two different groups is due to the assumption of

The lowest level of the CEBM pyramid is level ___.

It is harder to get significance if you have a large sample.

It is harder to get significance if you have a large variance.

An effect size of .2 is considered

For the assumption of HOV to be met, which test should NOT be significant?

One of the biggest problems with researching children is the issue of ______.

What is typically set at .05?

In one word, what differentiates a systematic review and a meta-analysis?

A +LR of 10 increases the probability of the disease with a + test by ____%.

If a panel of experts reviews a survey for the appriateness of the questions, it's called:

It is important for your data to look curvilinear if you plan on running parametric stats.

This data has a _____ skew.

Which dependent variable is mostly likely to need an operational definition?

If two raters have a correlation of .90, you can also say they agree on many of the ratings.

Which of the following is NOT a part of EBP?

There are 10 RCT studies on a given topic, what grade of evidence would you assign?

Research involving children will almost always require ____ level of IRB review.

In what section of a manuscript would you find the article's strengths and weaknesses?

If you increase your effect size, you are also increasing your power.

What does a CAT stand for?

Ideally, you would like the SEM of your sample to be as ________ as possible.

If the difference in two means is 10 and the SD is 5, what is the effect size?

If you say there is a significant difference, but you are wrong, you committed a....

An ABA design is often used with _______.

Interval/ratio data should be considered ____ data.

This data has a problem meeting which assumption?

A systematic review of cohort studies is considered level ___.

You can have a valid measure that is not reliable.

What software is exclusively designed to calculate power?

Which variable is manipulated in research?

It is harder to get significance if you have a large difference in the means.

TWU wants you to become not only a consumer of literature, but a ________ of literature.

Typically power is set by the researcher at:

PEDro scale is used to evaluate

Which test is used to identify an influential outlier?

If a researcher runs two t-tests, he/she should compare their SPSS results to what value?

Including all participants in your data analysis, including dropouts...is called:

What is a PICO used for?

The most points you can get for a PEDro review is

If you say there is no significant difference, and there really was....you committed a:

If one rater uses a measure 3x to see if she can get the same score...it's called:

Cohen's d is a measure of _________.

The standardized residuals shown here look appropriate for parametric stats.

The most common point estimate used in parametric statistics is

A 12 year old child will be asked to sign a consent/assent before participating in research.

The more levels in a tool, the more responsive it is to change.

Which of the following is NOT a type of research validity in this course?

If the mean for a test is 50 and the standard deviation is 10, a score of 55 has a z-score of