Dental research, Dr.Tort Borany (1-60)
1. You can manage your time and resources best, by:
Working out a timetable
Finding out what resources are readily available to you
Calculating a budget for likely expenditure
All of the above
2. How can you tell if your research questions are really good?:
If they guide your literature search
If they are linked together to help you construct a coherent argument
If they force you to narrow the scope of your research
All of the above
3. Which of the following should you think about when preparing your research?:
Your sample frame and sampling strategy
The ethical issues that might arise
Negotiating access to the setting
All of the above
4. What can you do to ensure your physical safety during your research?:
Be alert to the possibility of exposure to danger
Avoid interviewing alone in the respondent's residence
Make sure someone knows where you are and how you can contact them in an emergency
All of the above
5. What practical steps can you take before you actually start your research?:
Find out exactly what your institution's requirements are for a dissertation
Make sure you are familiar with the hardware and software you plan to use
Apply for clearance of your project through an ethics committee
All of the above
6. When planning to do social research, it is better to:
Approach the topic with an open mind
Do a pilot study before getting stuck into it
Be familiar with the literature on the topic
Forget about theory because this is a very practical undertaking
7. Which comes first, theory or research?:
Theory, because otherwise you are working in the dark
Research, because that's the only way you can develop a theory
It depends on your point of view
The question is meaningless, because you can't have one without the other
8. The core ingredients (elements) of a dissertation are:
Introduction; Data collection; Data analysis; Conclusions and recommendations.
Executive summary; Literature review; Data gathered; Conclusions; Bibliography.
Research plan; Research data; Analysis; References.
Introduction; Literature review; Objectives, Research methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusion.
9. A literature review requires:
Planning
Good & clear writing
Lot of rewriting
All of the above
10. A literature review is based on the assumption that:
Copy from the work of others
Knowledge accumulates and learns from the work of others
Knowledge disaccumulates
None of the above option
11. A theoretical framework:
Elaborates the r/s among the variables
Explains the logic underlying these r/s
Describes the nature and direction of the r/s
All are corrects
12. Which of the following statement is not true?:
A research proposal is a document that presents a plan for a project
A research proposal shows that the researcher is capable of successfully conducting the proposed research project
A research proposal is an unorganized and unplanned project
A research proposal is just like a research report and written before the research project
13. Conducting surveys is the most common method of generating:
Primary data
Secondary data
Qualitative data
None of the above
14. Informant factual questions are those that:
Enquire about personal details such as age, income and occupation
Ask people about the characteristics of a social setting or entity that they know well
Seek to find out about people's attitudes and opinions on a range of topics
Try to identify the normative standards and values held by a social group
Choose all correct answers for each question
15. Study participant – not patients: In this Manual and during the survey we use the term. Study Participant (SP) to refer to people who participate in the study as they. Each section is described in three sub-sections:
Clinical procedures
Diagnostic codes
Diagnostic criteria
All are corrects
16. What is the main advantage of producing a written research proposal?:
Helps with credibility.
Informs all interested parties
Helps keep people employed.
Helps the institution.
17. All of these may appear in a research proposal, but which one will ALWAYS appear?:
Research objective.
Creative objective.
Business objective.
Marketing objective.
18. Which section will not appear in a research proposal?:
Introduction
Methodology
Discussion
References
19. Which word fills all the blanks in this extract: We talk about generating __________, testing_______, rejecting ________.:
Hypotheses
Questions
Aims
Objectives
20. The timing section of a proposal will NOT include:
Deadlines for submitting the final report.
Guidelines on ethics.
Progress report dates.
Deadlines for ending data collection.
21. The proposal’s literature review is important because:
The tutor insists upon it.
It looks authoritative
It is expected by the university.
It shows that you are knowledgeable about the literature that relates to your research topic
22. Which proposal section is intended to describe the purpose with a full statement of the research Question?:
Introduction
Literature review.
References.
Proposed Method.
23. Which ONE of these phrases is best avoided in a proposal?:
This research draws upon the work of………..
I hope to…………
This research seeks to………….
The intention is to complete the study by……….
24. The final research report is NOT:
Future secondary data.
Research proposal.
Basis for decision-making.
Tangible evidence of a research project.
25. What helps to agree timing, agree resource allocation and also draws boundaries?:
The final report.
The proposal.
The observation form.
The questionnaire.
26. Projects do go wrong. In one case a student was indecisive and collected anything, just in case it came in useful: web sites, photocopies, brochures. The questionnaire even included irrelevant questions, just in case the information could be useful. Which ONE of the following would have been realistic and would have helped the most with this problem?:
Using a Gantt chart.
Setting a clear objective.
Regular progress reports to the supervisor.
Using SPSS.
Being less ambitious.etting a clear objective.
27. How are research questions most often described?:
Arising within a laboratory setting
Posed after important factors are identified
May arise from our everyday life experiences
Always answered if we follow a scientific method of inqui
28. In general, when selecting factors for a study, you want to be sure of which of these?:
They have been investigated before
They are available to investigate
They are not of interest to you
They do not lead to another question
29. What does a good research question usually pursue?:
A small part of a broad topic
A topic unrelated to any other topics
The same thing as the null hypothesis
A broad topic
30. Which of the following is a good way to find a research topic?:
Personal experience
Getting an idea from your advisor
Looking for the next step in the research process
All of the above
31. How would you define the research process?:
The researcher's plan of action to be followed when carrying out research.
A method of collecting research data.
The stages or steps the researcher follows in carrying out a research project.
The account of a study the researcher will write at the end of the study ready for publication.
32. Why does a researcher write a research proposal at the start of a study?:
So they will not forget what they are doing during the study.
So they can advertise for people to take part in the study.
To make sure they have not left any part of the study out when they are planning it.
To apply for ethical approval and to gain permission to access participants or sources of data.
33. Action research means:
A longitudinal research
An applied research
A research initiated to solve an immediate problem
A research with socioeconomic objective
34. After you think of each research question, evaluate it by asking whether it is:
Logically related to the topic
In question form
Not answerable with a quick Google search
Specific, not vague
All are corrects
35. The steps for developing a research question, listed below, help you organize your thoughts:
Choose a topic (or consider the one assigned to you).
Write a narrower/smaller topic that is related to the first.
List some potential questions that could logically be asked in relation to the narrow topic.
Choose and Change the question that you are most interested in.
All are corrects
36. Why is it important to read original articles when you are reviewing the literature?:
To look for flaws in the method.
To examine the validity of the conclusions.
To obtain an overview of methods and procedures.
All of these
37. Which section of a journal article is provided in most online electronic databases?:
Abstract
Results.
Introduction.
Conclusion.
38. The following is not an essential element of report writing?:
Research Methodology
Reference
Conclusion
None of these
39. What is the purpose of doing research?:
To identify problem
To find the solution
To identify problem and to find the solution
None of these
40. What is the purpose of the conclusion in a research report?:
It just a summary what the article already said.
It summarizes the key findings in relation to the research questions.
It contains a useful review of the relevant literature.
It outlines the methodological procedures that were employed.
41. What is research problem?:
Is an educational issue or concern that an investigator presents
Justifies in a research study
Opinions and attitudes
Is an educational issue or concern that an investigator presents and justifies in a research study
42. Procedures for reviewing the literature involved in conducting a literature review:
Search for existing literature in your area of study;
Review the literature selected;
Develop a theoretical and a conceptual framework;
Writing up the literature reviewed
All are corrects
43. What do we do with research?:
Have it as interesting fact
Use it to make decisions
Use it to persuade influence others
Use it to change behavior
All are corrects
44. What types of materials are needed for literature review?:
Books, Magazine articles
Newspaper articles, Scholarly journal articles and web site
Other materials, such as statistics, government publications
All are corrects
45. Why is background information important?:
It helps you to focus on names, dates, events, organizations, terms, etc., associated with a topic.
It can help you to formulate/reformulate your topic (or, to put it another way, it can help you decide whether to broaden or narrow your topic).
Background sources might include bibliographies that you can use to find additional sources for your project.
All are corrects
46. Why do we have to understand research?:
Help make informed decisions
Need to produce research in career
Evaluating research in the media and assist in classes
All are corrects
47. The process of sampling involves:
Identification of study population
Definition of the sampling unit
Choice of sampling method
Estimation of the sample size
All are corrects
48. The whole writing process can be divided into the prewriting, writing, and rewriting or revising phases. In the prewriting phase, you might try to clarify:
What you want to write about
How you think and feel about your topic
what other materials and notes you might need and how to organize these materials
What is kind of audience you are writing for
All are corrects
49. The research question serves purposes:
It determines where kind of research the writer will be looking for.
It determines what kind of research the writer will be looking for.
It identifies the specific objectives the study or paper will address.
All are corrects
50. A research question is:
An answerable inquiry into a specific concern or issue.
It is the initial step in a research project and the first active step in the research project
The 'initial step' means after you have an idea of what you want to study,
All are corrects
51. A literature review is an important part of the research process because:
It is a summary of what literature is available on your topic
It allows you identify and read key books and articles by some of the main figures who have written in the field.
My supervisor likes to create more reading for me.
I like to visit the library and read generally around my topic.
52. A proposal is also known as a:
Work plan
Prospectus
Outline
Drafts plan
All are corrects
53. When planning your literature search you need to :
Have clearly defined research question and objectives
define the parameters of your research
Generate key words and search term
All are corrects
54. Researchers need to be cautious of some material, particularly material found online. Why?:
It has been used before.
The quality is unknown.
It is too recent.
The authors name often does not appear.
55. Which of these will NOT help you to decide whether a publication is reputable?:
Citation rate.
Audience.
Importance to peers.
Advertising inside.
56. Before searching you should define the timeframe of your search. Why?:
So you find the most articles.
So you don't find the library busy.
So you do not incur unnecessary costs.
So you work when you are most efficient.
57. Why is it important for a researcher to review the literature?:
Because it is traditional.
Because it shows time has been spent on the subject.
Because it will find if anyone has done the work before.
Because it identifies like-minded researchers.
58. When you cite Internet resources, you do not need to find:
Date of access.
Date created.
Date of birth of the author
Date last updated.
59. The most critical areas of an article to read is:
Results section
Introduction
Abstract
Limitations
60. A successful literature review:
Synthesizes material from several sources on the same question/research topic.
Assesses the state of existing knowledge on a topic by comparing studies in terms of assumptions
about the research question,
Experimental method, data analysis, any conclusions drawn, and to raise questions for further research.
All are corrects
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