Mock final

Question 1

2. Regarding the I-TECH RCT for ivermectin, what is the trial’s “O” in reference to the acronym PICO?
   a. People diagnosed with COVID
   b. Progression to severe COVID
   c. Placebo + standards of care
   d. Ivermectin + standards of care

Answer 1

b. Progression to severe COVID

Question 2

Which trial’s methods are designed to show an association for their primary outcome?

a. Efficacy of esketamine nasal spray plus oral antidepressant treatment for relapse prevention in patients with treatment-resistant depression: A randomized clinical trial
b. Quality of prescribing by physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in the United States
c. Cardiopulmonary bypass and internal thoracic artery: Can roller or centrifugal pumps change vascular reactivity of the graft? The IPITA study: A randomized controlled clinical trial
d. Efficacy of ivermectin treatment on disease progression among adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 and comorbidities: the I-TECH randomized clinical trial.

Answer 2

b. Quality of prescribing by physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in the United States

Question 3

3. The “Limitations” of a journal article are listed in which section?
   a. Introduction
   b. Methods
   c. Results
   d. Discussion

Answer 3

d. Discussion

Question 4

4. You are conducting a cross-sectional survey with Prog Baig. After administering your survey, you calculate your response rate as 22%. What are you going to tell Prof Baig?
   a. Uh oh… We cannot use this data because we set an ad hoc response rate of 60% or greater
   b. Uh oh… We are going to have to make up a lot of fake data
   c. Uh oh… I don’t know what to do
   d. Uh oh… Let’s change to a post hoc response rate of 20% or greater

Answer 4

a. Uh oh… We cannot use this data because we set an ad hoc response rate of 60% or greater

Question 5

Answer 5

1) D
2) B
3) A
4) C

Question 6

6) The outcomes for a trial include either being tall like Dr. Lewis or being a short shrimp like Garrett. This outcome is considered ___________ data.
a) nominal
b) ordinal
c) interval
c) ratio

Answer 6

a) nominal

Question 7

Which P value is considered statistically significant if the alpha is 0.05?
a) 0.055
b) 0.07
c) 0.10
d) 0.033

Answer 7

d) 0.033

Question 8

Where can I get a list of journal abbreviations for AMA citations?
a) ADA
b) CDC
c) AACE/ACE
d) NIH

Answer 8

d) NIH

Question 9

You are developing methods for a new RCT. Which of the following do you want to include?
a) Power = 50%
b) alpha = 0.5
c) Intention-to-treat analysis
d) Investigator bias

Answer 9

c) Intention-to-treat analysis