hth 408 baller midterm questions and verified
answers (detailed & elaborated) ACTUAL EXAM 2025
TESTS!!
Qualitative Research
Ans: descriptive (ex. focus groups, in depth interviews, surveys)
Quantitative Research
Ans: numeric (ex. double blind randomized control trials, case control, cross sectional survey)
Scientific Empiricism
Ans: (personal or observational) experience leads to knowledge
Traditional Knowledge
Ans: knowledge inherited from the culture we grew up in
Scientific Knowledge
,Ans: applying science to knowledge (knowledge is data driven)
two theories of knowledge
Ans: karl popper's falsifiability & thomas kuhn's structure of scientific revolution
Karl Popper's Falsifiability
Ans: keep testing a theory until you disprove it
Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Ans: repeat practice until we find something that doesn't fit
Anonymity vs. Confidentiality
Ans: Anonymity- participant can't be linked to data
Confidentiality- participant can be linked to data but requires researcher to protect that info
when is deception necessary?
Ans: benefits outway the risks
IRB review types
, Ans: -Full board review
-Expedited review
-Exempt review
Exempt Review (IRB)
Ans: lowest form, not eligible to publish the information (cannot present poster)
Expedited Review (IRB)
Ans: requires faculty blinded review, (can attain right to present poster)
Full-Board Review (IRB)
Ans: for working with vulnerable populations, entire panel reviews project
Issues in Research Ethics (8)
Ans: need informed consent, justify that there is a reason to involve humans in this research, keep
confidentiality, duty to continue successful experiment, therapeutic vs. non therapeutic research,
sponsored research dilemmas, publication of unethical research
criteria for review (IRB)
Ans: risk, risks vs. benefits, subject selection, informed consent
answers (detailed & elaborated) ACTUAL EXAM 2025
TESTS!!
Qualitative Research
Ans: descriptive (ex. focus groups, in depth interviews, surveys)
Quantitative Research
Ans: numeric (ex. double blind randomized control trials, case control, cross sectional survey)
Scientific Empiricism
Ans: (personal or observational) experience leads to knowledge
Traditional Knowledge
Ans: knowledge inherited from the culture we grew up in
Scientific Knowledge
,Ans: applying science to knowledge (knowledge is data driven)
two theories of knowledge
Ans: karl popper's falsifiability & thomas kuhn's structure of scientific revolution
Karl Popper's Falsifiability
Ans: keep testing a theory until you disprove it
Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Ans: repeat practice until we find something that doesn't fit
Anonymity vs. Confidentiality
Ans: Anonymity- participant can't be linked to data
Confidentiality- participant can be linked to data but requires researcher to protect that info
when is deception necessary?
Ans: benefits outway the risks
IRB review types
, Ans: -Full board review
-Expedited review
-Exempt review
Exempt Review (IRB)
Ans: lowest form, not eligible to publish the information (cannot present poster)
Expedited Review (IRB)
Ans: requires faculty blinded review, (can attain right to present poster)
Full-Board Review (IRB)
Ans: for working with vulnerable populations, entire panel reviews project
Issues in Research Ethics (8)
Ans: need informed consent, justify that there is a reason to involve humans in this research, keep
confidentiality, duty to continue successful experiment, therapeutic vs. non therapeutic research,
sponsored research dilemmas, publication of unethical research
criteria for review (IRB)
Ans: risk, risks vs. benefits, subject selection, informed consent
