3- Research Process Flashcards
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Science provides a ___________
strategy
When you put science into practice you are following a ____________
scientific method
T or F: There’s a framework for doing science but no single method
T
T or F: We first need to understand why we are interested in dietetics and human nutrition and what sorts of question we are asking here
T
Good questions are:
1) Ones you feel passionate about answering (ie they intrigue you!)
2) Are empirical (ie you can use observations and measurements to test the question)
What are some strategies for questioning:
- Function Q hoe does smtg work?
- Structure Q the components of X?
- Self Q how it related to you?
- Dependence Q how it related to other things?
- Whole Q the item holistically or within some context?
- Abstract Q the thing in creative ways?
______________ is a good way to start framing your question
Bloom’s taxonomy
What are the 6 steps in the Bloom’s taxonomy pyramid:
- Create
- Evaluate
- Analyze
- Apply
- Understand
- Remember
Background research will:
- help us gain understanding
- ask better and more specific questions
- ultimately advance overall knowledge
What are some sources of information?
- Newspaper articles
- Websites
- Popular articles
- Government reports
- Books
- Journal articles
- Interview transcripts
What test can you do to see if the sources are reliable?
CRAAP
What does CRAAP stand for:
- current
- relevant
- accuracy
- authority
- purpose
What is the purpose of popular articles:
- entertainment
- current awareness
- research summaries
What is the purpose of scholarly articles:
- report original research
- review previously published studies
What is the audience of popular articles:
the general public
What is the audience for scholarly articles:
- students
- scholars
- researchers
Who are the authors of popular articles:
-journalists
Who are the authors of scholarly articles:
- researchers
- academics
What are some characteristics of popular articles?
- shorter articles
- contain advertisements/photos
- published daily, weekly, or monthly
- proofread/reviewed by editors
- sources often not cited, or cited with little detail
What are some characteristics of scholarly articles?
- describe research methodologies
- contain charts, graphs, tables
- published quarterly or annually
- reviewed by editorial board/peer-reviewed
- sources cited in reference lists/bibliographies
An educated guess, based on observation, about the causes or outcomes of an event (how variables are related):
hypothesis
Summarizes hypothesis (or group of hypotheses) supported with repeated tests: an accepted hypothesis; can be disproven
theory
What is the similarity between hypothesis and theory:
they can both be tested and disproven
What are some differences between hypothesis and theory?
- unsubstantiated vs substantiated
- limited data vs lots
- specific observation vs general observation
