Lab 7, 8, 9_3rd Shifting Flashcards

1
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other name for Cross-Sectional Studies

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prevalence studies

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2
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Cross-Sectional Studies can be thought of as a ____________ because data are collected and
evaluated at a single point in time

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snapshot (or slice) of time

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Cross-Sectional Studies can be thought of as a snapshot (or slice) of time because data are collected and
evaluated at a __________ in time

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single point

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Cross-Sectional Studies this study design is more of a ________

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hypothesis generating

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Cross-Sectional Studies are not suited for testing the _________

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effectiveness of interventions

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Cross-Sectional Studies are more hypothesis (generating/testing)

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generating

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most often used descriptively to capture information about a population (eg. disease prevalence)

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Cross-Sectional Studies

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may also be used to examine associations between an independent (exposure) and a dependent (outcome) variable

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Cross-Sectional Studies

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causality between an exposure and outcome (can/cannot) be established from a cross-sectional study.

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cannot

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T/F

Cross-Sectional Studies are quick and easy to perform

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T

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it is useful for measuring current health status or setting priorities for
disease control

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Cross-Sectional Studies

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a survey of smokers is ___________ (type of study) when the questionnaire is administered once, even though the questions contained in the survey may focus on smoking habits over the past 10 years

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cross-sectional

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13
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standardized questionnaire used to describe a population at a given
point in time

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Surveys

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14
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study design Generally conducted to characterize a population

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Surveys

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instruments used for Cross-Sectional Studies

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Questionnaire (eg. Answer a census or through mail), telephone call, Surveys

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Cross-Sectional Studies: steps in study design

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  1. Identifying target population
  2. Select individuals from population to complete questionnaire
  3. Data collection
  4. Analysis
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17
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population with desired clinical and demographic characteristics that will ultimately benefit from generalization of the study findings.

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target population

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refers to the extent to which observations in the study population extrapolates to the overall population of interest.

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Generalizability

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process of selecting a subset of the target population to conduct a study

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Sampling

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eg. Random sampling, stratified random sampling using characteristics such as age or gender, convenience sampling

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Sampling

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21
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Data collection: Prescription records
retrospective or prospective?

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Retrospective

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22
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Data collection: Survey
retrospective or prospective?

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prospective

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23
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Analysis is purely descriptive

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Cross-Sectional Studies

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24
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Analysis
* Purely descriptive
* summarizing the characteristics of the population using means and percentages

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Cross-Sectional Studies

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Analysis
* sometimes a researcher may examine an association between two variables collected during the same cross-section in time.

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Cross-Sectional Studies

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26
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“analytical cross-sectional studies” have no potential biases that should be considered by researchers and this type of analysis should be interpreted freely.

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false
have no potential –> have potential
freely –> cautiously

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27
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Efficient means of capturing descriptive information about a population at a given point in time

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Cross-Sectional Studies

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Limitations: bias on sampling and temporality, may not give generalizations

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Cross-Sectional Studies

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data that is collected sequentially from the same respondents over time

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longitudinal data

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CONCERNS:
* problems are errors in data collection and transient effects that may influence observations

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Cross-Sectional Studies

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are those responses that are affected by event, feeling or other circumstance that happened prior to data collection; it may not reflect actual responses when taken in a different time.

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transient effect

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CONCERNS:
inaccuracies in data collection may go unnoticed because there are no prior data for comparison

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Cross-Sectional Studies

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33
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these designs can observational or interventional reports.

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(1) Case studies, (2) Case reports, and (3) Case series

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34
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It describes a patient’s or patient group’s exposure to a drug or intervention and can be valuable to record preliminary findings that lead to further study.

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(1) Case studies, (2) Case reports, and (3) Case series

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key characteristic to these reports is the lack of a control or comparison group

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(1) Case studies, (2) Case reports, and (3) Case series

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a record of descriptive research that documents a practitioner’s experiences, thoughts, or observations related to the care of a single patient

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Case study

37
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a descriptive record of a single individual (case report) in which the possibility of an association between an observed effect and a specific intervention or exposure (often an unexpected complication of treatment or procedure) based on detailed clinical evaluation and history of the individual

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Case report

38
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a group of records (case studies) that documents a practitioner’s experiences, thoughts, or observations related to the care of multiple patients with similar medical situations

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Case series

39
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Uses information obtained from a select members of the population, analyzes the responses, and the draws conclusions applicable back to the same population.

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Survey Research

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It can be considered as either descriptive (such as opinions and attitudes) or explanatory (such as explaining a cause and effect) in nature.

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Survey Research

41
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The validity of the results depends on the quality of the study’s internal rigor (methodology).

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Survey Research

42
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the validity of the results from Survey Research depends on the quality of the study’s __________.

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internal rigor (methodology)

43
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study the incidence, distribution, and relationships of sociologic and
psychological variables.

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Survey Research

44
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collect information from a sample and generalize the findings to a larger,
target population.

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Survey Research

45
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identify, assess, and compare respondents’ ideas, feelings, plans, beliefs,
and demographics.

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Survey Research

46
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determine how health care programs should be implemented by utilizing
the opinions of experts with experience in a particular area.

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Survey Research

47
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study effectiveness of a program by surveying individuals who
have used its services.

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Survey Research

48
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understand attitudes and behaviors of patients or members of the profession the program affects.

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Survey Research

49
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types of survey research

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Descriptive surveys, Explanatory surveys

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Survey Research Types

attempt to identify psychosocial variables such as attitudes, opinions, knowledge, and behaviors in a population

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Descriptive surveys

51
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Survey Research Types

attempt to explain causal relationships between variables

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Explanatory surveys

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Types of Data Collected in survey research

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incidence, attitudinal, knowledge, behavior measurements

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Types of Data Collected in survey research:

try to determine the occurrence of events without drawing any relationships between variables

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Incidence

54
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Types of Data Collected in survey research:

morbidity or mortality data, manpower data

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Incidence

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Types of Data Collected in survey research:

try to compare this dependent variable with independent variables such as age, education, or salary

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Attitudinal

56
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Types of Data Collected in survey research:

job satisfaction surveys

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Attitudinal

57
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Types of Data Collected in survey research:

attempt to document a person’s knowledge or understanding about a specific topic

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Knowledge

58
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Types of Data Collected in survey research:

physician’s knowledge of retail prices of medications

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Knowledge

59
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Types of Data Collected in survey research:

pharmacist’s knowledge of state pharmacy laws

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Knowledge

60
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Types of Data Collected in survey research:

documents what a person actually does in a particular situation rather
than asking him or her in a survey, which may reflect an attitude, rather than the actual observed behavior

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Behavior measurements

61
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Data collection:
* it can be performed using questionnaires, examination of historical
records, telephone interviews, face-to-face interviews, web-based questionnaires, focus groups, or panel interviews.

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Survey Research

62
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Characteristics of well-conducted survey

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  • objective and carefully planned
  • data are quantifiable
  • subjects surveyed are representative of the target population
63
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Errors affecting Precision and Accuracy of survey research (4)

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1.Coverage Error
2.Sampling Error
3.Measurement error
4.Nonresponse Error

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Errors affecting Precision and Accuracy:
a bias in a statistic that occurs when the target population you want to survey does not coincide with the sample population that is actually surveyed

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Coverage Error

65
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Errors affecting Precision and Accuracy:
can compromise the ability to generalize study results

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Coverage Error

66
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Errors affecting Precision and Accuracy:
refers to the difference between the estimate derived from a sample survey and the true value that would result if a census of the entire target population were taken under the same conditions

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Sampling Error

67
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Errors affecting Precision and Accuracy:
occurs when the researcher surveys only a subset (sample) of all possible subjects within the population of interest

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Sampling Error

68
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Errors affecting Precision and Accuracy:
occurs when the collection of data is influenced by the interviewer or when the survey item itself is unclear from the respondent’s point of view

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Measurement error

69
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Errors affecting Precision and Accuracy:
occurs when a significant number of subjects in a sample do not respond to the survey

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Nonresponse Error

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Errors affecting Precision and Accuracy:
bias can result in surveys, where the answers of respondents differ from the potential answers of those who did not answer

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Nonresponse Error

71
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Errors affecting Precision and Accuracy:
strive for response rates in the _______ range

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80% to 90%

72
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Evaluation of Survey:
there must be attempts to assess validity and reliability of the survey and efforts made to validate factual data

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Factual Data and Internal Validity

73
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T/F
asking more than one question about a concept can increase the external validity of a survey

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F
external –> internal

74
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purpose of Cronbach alpha or similar statistical tests in evaluation of survey

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Factual Data and Internal Validity:

measures correlation between items should be calculated and the
coefficient factor(s) reported in the article; CONSISTENCY

75
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minimum valid coefficient score in Cronbach alpha

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0.8

76
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Evaluation of Survey:
_________ section should report sample size, along with a description of how it was determined

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methods

77
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___________ computation provides the minimum number of individuals that needs to be sampled from the population

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sample size

78
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appropriate sample size will give sufficient _________ to demonstrate a difference between two groups

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statistical power

79
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describes the population from where actuals samples will be drawn from for the survey respondents

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Sample Frame

80
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T/F
a sample is comprehensive if all members of a population had a chance to be chosen and no one was systematically excluded

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true

81
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Evaluation of Survey:

methods section should supply the reader with enough information to ensure that nonresponse error was assessed and measures were taken to control the possible errors

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Sampling Strategy and Response Rates

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T/F
authors should relate as less information about non-responders as possible i.e., reasons for non-response or non-participations.

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F
less –> more

83
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Evaluation of Survey:
assess the reliability i.e., can the results of the survey be repeated by another investigator and present the results of reliability estimates.

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Survey Instrument Reliability

84
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an assessment of a questionnaire made before full-scale implementation to identify and correct problems such as faulty questions, flawed response options, or interviewer training deficiencies

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pretest or pilot test

85
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Review articles are classified as _______ literature

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tertiary

86
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A