Dental Research 3

114. Which of the following do we recommend as ways to build your general knowledge of a topic area?

σ� Read a good recent textbook chapter.

σ� Look for the most recent ‘in press’ publication before reading any other material.

σ� Find and use a reader on the topic in question

σ� Read a good recent textbook chapter and Find and use a reader on the topic in question.

115. Which of the following is the sequence in which you should use a database?

σ� Limit dates of papers; print out full text papers; read abstracts; enter search terms

σ� Print out papers; read abstracts; limit dates; think of search terms

σ� Think of search terms; enter terms into database; limit dates of papers; read abstracts; print out full text papers

σ� No answer

117. Which of these describes our advice on using internet search engines?

σ� Engines such as Yahoo and Google are much more efficient and effective than databases such as PsycINFO

σ� Web addresses ending in .ac.uk, or .edu are generally bona fide academic sources

σ� Wiki entries are more up to date and accurate than journal articles

σ� All are corrects

119. To be original a study must be:

σ� Radically different from previous research

σ� Conducted with a sample that has never been studied before

σ� Addressing a gap in the existing research literature

σ� All are corrects

121. The role of a project supervisor is to:

σ� Make sure you keep to your schedule and deadlines

σ� Provide intellectual support, guidance and critical feedback

σ� Negotiate access to the research setting on the student's behalf

σ� Give you a reading list

125. Why is it helpful to keep a research diary or log book while you are conducting your project?

σ� To give you something to do in the early stages of your research when nothing is happening

σ� Because funding councils generally demand to see written evidence that you were working every day during the period of the research

σ� To keep a record of what you did and what happened throughout the research process

σ� It can be added to your dissertation to ensure that you reach the required word limit

128. Which one you use icon for enter data in SPSS Statistic?

σ� Analyze

σ� Transform

σ� Data

σ� All are corrects

130. Which of the following statements about the Means... Command is true?:

σ� The Means command will not run at all if there is no grouping variable in the data set

σ� The Means command requires a grouping variable in the data set in order to calculate the group means

σ� The Means command will not run if the data are ordinal

σ� The number of groups must not exceed two

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