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1
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Abstract

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Summary of a research report

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What are the elements of very brief abstracts? (3)

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  1. Research hypotheses, purposes, question
  2. Highlights of the research methods w/ mention of participants and measures
  3. Highlights of the results
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What elements do longer abstracts contain? (5)

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  1. Research hypotheses
  2. Highlights of the research methods w/ mention of participants and measures
  3. Highlights of the results
  4. Distinctive features
  5. Implications of results
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Style guides address issues when using specialized…

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technical vocab and jargon

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How do I give credit to authors? (2)

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Use an in-text citation each time you refer to the article

Put an entry in the reference list

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Self-plagiarism

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Presenting your own work as new scholarship

-Cite your own work like you would anyone else’s

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Guideline 1 for reducing bias

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Describe at appropriate level of specificity

-Avoid broad clinical terms

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Guideline 2 for reducing bias

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Be sensitive to labels

-Avoid labeling when you can

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Case=

Patient=

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an occurrence or instance

person receiving a doctor’s care or treatment

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Guideline 3 for reducing bias

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Acknowledge participation

-Use active voice

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Terms to avoid

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patient management

failed

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4 steps to formulating a lit review

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  1. identify problem area
  2. Examine the lit
  3. Decide to either replicate a study or arrive a creative idea
  4. Plan a study designed to resolve a conflict
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2 types of replications

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  1. Strict

2. Modified

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Reviewing lit helps identify… (2)

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  • Measuring tools

- Dead ends

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Reviewing lit gives ideas on how to…

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Organize and write research reports

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Good lit reviews… (3)

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  1. Shows readers the context
  2. Justifies the study
  3. Shows the flow from past research
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What is the purpose of a research synthesis? (2)

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  • Provide a whole picture of what is known and not known

- Fit together diverse pieces of info

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What should one explicitly point out in a synthesis? (3)

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Major trends
Discrepancies
Gaps

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What to avoid in a synthesis (3)

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  • Extensive explanations of methods
  • Block quotes
  • Direct quotes
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How to improve flow of synthesis (2)

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  • Appropriate transitions

- Brief summary at end

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How to start a lit review (2 options)

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  1. Identify the broad problem area and indicate why it is important
  2. Conceptual definition of a key variable
22
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Parenthetical Citation

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Citations to original sources that appear in the text of your paper

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Non-parenthetical Citation

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Citations that integrate the authors’ name into the text itself

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How to cite 1 or 2 authors

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Cite the same way each time

25
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How to cite 3-5 authors

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Cite all authors the first time

Use the first author’s name followed by et al. after

26
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How to cite 6 or more authors

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Use the first author’s last name followed by et al.

27
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If you decide to use an abbreviation…

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define it the first time you cite the source

28
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Format of reference list

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All entries are in alphabetical order with a hanging indent

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7 Elements for journal article entries

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  1. Author’s name inverted
  2. Year of pub in parentheses
  3. Title of journal article
  4. Title of journal italicized
  5. Volume italicized
  6. No issue number listed
  7. Page numbers
30
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What to list for articles available digitally?

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Digital Object Identifier

31
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What to list for material retrieved from internet

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The date retrieved

32
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Use block quotes if the quote contains..?

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More than 40 words

33
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If it would help the reader to locate the original material, you are encouraged to provide…

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A page # or paragraph #

34
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Abbreviate the word paragraph by using?

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Para

35
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Quote errors and use the term …

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Sic italicized

36
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Changes requiring no explanation (2)

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Uppercase to lowercase

Add punctuation

37
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Changes that require explanation

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  • omitting
  • adding
  • adding emphasis
38
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Do not – that are cited in the direct quote itself

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Omit citations

39
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Do not add citations within direct quotes to your…

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Reference list

40
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You may need to request permission from the copyright holder to…(3)

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  • Use lengthy quotes
  • Adapt
  • Reprint
41
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Where do we find measures in a paper?

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In the method section

42
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Validity is a matter of?

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Degree

43
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Validity is relative to the?

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Purpose of teaching

44
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What are difficult to capture relating to validity?

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Underlying traits

45
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Tests tap only?

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A sample of behavior

46
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What is the type of validity that depends on subjective judgements and empirical data?

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Construct validity

47
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Construct

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A collection of meaningfully-related behaviors

48
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An indicator can load onto what?

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more than one construct

49
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First step in determining construct validity

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Hypothesize how the construct that the measure is designed to measure should affect or relate to other variables

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2nd step in determining construct validity

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Administer the construct and a measure you think will correlate with it

51
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3rd step in determining construct validity

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Test the strength and direction of the correlation between the measures

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