Community Dentistry Unit 3

_________ establishes norms that distinguish between morally acceptable and unacceptable research practices.

What research approach approximates ture experimental approach but lacks control of true experimentation?

Correlation is the relationship between variables that can be measured mathematically.

Neither the subject nor investigator know who's in the control group and who's in the group receiving treatment.

Accuracy of a measurement; measurement reslults are true and accurate.

__________ is the ability to govern one's profession and to be self-determined and directed as a profession.

The accuracy of a measurement produced by measuring what is supposed to be measured.

__________ providing patients, test subjects, or populations with what is owed, due, or deserved.

4 scales of measurement for data are nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio.

____________ means that the health care provider's first obligation to the patient is to do not harm

_________ requires that existing harm be removed.

What type of graph(s) uses bars?

Refers to statistical methods describing clustering of numerical values in a distribution of data within a reseach study

The introduction of a research study discusses the materials and methods of the study.

What research approach studies the same population over an extended period of time?

Epidemic in which he disease may cross intermational borders to affect several countries or continents.

The usual presence of disease in a particular geographic region.

4 steps of Scientific Method are name the problem develop hypothosis test hypothosis interpret results report results

Involves dental hygiene researchers doing what they think is best for the patient according to their abilty and judgment

_________ means being honest.

What research approach investigates cause and effect relationships?

Mean is considered the average

This is the ability to identify all screened individuals whol actually have the disease; influences validity.

The numerical expression of the number of all existing cases of a disease in a population at a given point.

Standardized measurement used to express severity of problems and aid in data collection.

What research approach gathers broad information about status quo and usually has a large sample size?

Research approach combines descriptive/historical establish patterns from past/present in order to predict the future?

An abstract is a condensed version of a study.

__________ is determined by subtracting the higest score from the lowest.

The mode is the midpoint.

A Type 1 error occurs when the null hypothosis is rejected but is actually true.

The methodology section of a research report should include a clear, concise purpose statement.

This is when a disease or condition has multiple causes.

What reseach approach tries to determine the meaning of past events?

What reseach approach tries to determine the meaning of past events?

The 3rd National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) found that 70% of adults have gingivitis.

A small version of a proposed study is called?

___________ is the group with the disease/condition being studied that does not receive experimental research

What research approach conducts an in depth report on a single person, group, or event?

Ongoing observation, constant monitoring, and assessment of changes in populations related to disease or death trends.

The median is the most frequently occuring value.