NTR 300 QUESTION 1 Using the \"Skipping Breakfast\" study, looking at table 1 sh

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NTR 300

QUESTION 1

Using the "Skipping Breakfast" study, looking at table 1 shows us that the average age of males in the study was:

32-3

35-6

33-9

32-2

1 points   

QUESTION 2

Based on what you learned in previous weeks, if you find two studies on your desired topic and one is a randomized control trial and one is cohort study, assuming all other factors are the same, you should choose the cohort study due to the strength of the study design.  

True

False

1 points   

QUESTION 3

According to the reading "How to Summarize an Article", if you find yourself sticking too close to the language used in the study and making only minor changes to the wording when you try to summarize it, you probably don't fully understand the study

True

False

1 points   

QUESTION 4

When writing my summary I should include some information on the following areas:

What they are testing

brief explanation of the results and if they were significant or not

why the results are important and how they relate back to your research question

all of the above

1 points   

QUESTION 5

According to the reading "Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing", summarizing is taking a specific passage from the article and putting it in your own words

True

False

1 points   

QUESTION 6

According to the stats lecture, if my findings indicate strong significance between drinking tart cherry juice and enhanced recovery post-exercise, I can tell fellow researchers that I have proof, that 100% of the time, tart cherry juice will enhance recovery.

True

False

1 points   

QUESTION 7

According to the reading "Correlation Coefficient" - if I am studying the effect of drinking alcohol on dexterity, the plot below represents what type of relationship between number of drinks and dexterity?

https://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/maybe/maybe45.gif

Positive relationship

No relationship

Negative relationship

Curvilinear relationship

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QUESTION 8

According to the reading "how to measure variability in statistics", the most common measures of variability (or spread) of data include:

range

Interquartile range

variance

standard deviation

all of the above

1 points   

QUESTION 9

While doing your research for this class, you find a cross sectional study completed on 500 participants, then you find a similar cross sectional study completed on 50 participants. Which would be the stronger study design assuming all other factors are similar?

50 participants

both

500 participants

1 points   

QUESTION 10

Which citation below is in the correct AMA format?  

1. Thomas C, Perrey S, Lambert K, Hugon G, Mornet D, Mercier J. Monocarboxylate transporters, blood lactate removal after supramaximal exercise, and fatigue indexes in humans. J Appl Physiol. 2005 American Physiological Society;98(3):804-9.

Thomas, C., et al. "Monocarboxylate Transporters, Blood Lactate Removal After Supramaximal Exercise, and Fatigue Indexes in Humans." Journal of applied physiology 98.3 (2005): 804-9. Web.

Thomas, C., Perrey, S., Lambert, K., Hugon, G., Mornet, D., & Mercier, J. (2005).Monocarboxylate transporters, blood lactate removal after supramaximal exercise, and fatigue indexes in humans. Journal of Applied Physiology, 98(3), 804-809.doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01057.2004

1. Thomas C, Perrey S, Lambert K, Hugon G, Mornet D, Mercier J. Monocarboxylate transporters, blood lactate removal after supramaximal exercise, and fatigue indexes in humans. J Appl Physiol. 2005;98(3):804-809. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01057.2004.

2 points   

QUESTION 11

In your final research paper, you should be summarizing the material, not paraphrasing or direct quoting.  

True

False

1 points   

QUESTION 12

Based on the lectures, for my final paper, I can just read my 6 articles and just assume that I found the 6 best. There are no others that I need to read to know that I found the "best" with the highest internal validity and high on the evidence pyramid.

True

False

1 points   

QUESTION 13

According to the stats lecture, if I set an alpha value of 0.01, I am confident that:

99 times out of 100 the findings are due to chance

5 times out of 100 the findings are due to chance

1 times out of 100 the findings are due to chance

99 times out of 100 the findings will be incorrect

1 points   

QUESTION 14

According to the lectures from this week, once I read the abstract of a paper, I can just summarize that and be good to go!

True

False

1 points   

QUESTION 15

According to the reading "Correlation Coefficient", the strongest linear relationship is indicated by a correlation coefficient of -1 or 1

True

False

1 points   

QUESTION 16

According to the assigned reading "When to use a particular statistical test", if my research topic was:

Does ethnicity affect reading achievement, math achievement, and overall scholastic achievement among 6th graders after controlling for social class?

Which statistical test should I use?

ANOVA

ANCOVA

MANOVA

MANCOVA

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QUESTION 17

According to the "Skipping Breakfast" study, significance was set at:

P<0.05

P<0.001

P<0.01

P>0.05

1 points   

QUESTION 18

According to the results section of the "Skipping Breakfast" study, the water control group had a significantly lower final body weight when compared to both the porridge and cornflake group.  

True

False

1 points   

QUESTION 19

According to the stats lecture, if my p value is <0.001, it is likely, that if I performed the same experiment again, that I would get similar results

True

False

1 points   

QUESTION 20

According to the lectures, a study has a high level of external validity if it can applied to the general population

True

False

1 points   

QUESTION 21

After reading the Quality Criteria Checklist on Primary Research (page 1-2) and reading the article"Skipping Breakfast Leads to Weight Loss", is there anything concerning about any parts of the research article?  Would this lead you to not believe the results?  

Path: p

Words:0

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QUESTION 22

According to the "Skipping Breakfast" study, which type(s) of statistical analysis test(s)were used?  

T-Test

ANOVA

ANCOVA

b and c

a.

32-3

b.

35-6

c.

33-9

d.

32-2

Explanation / Answer

1. C. 33-9

2. True. Because a larger population for study or strength of study design help in reducing bias and confounding.

3. False. Have understood the study they's why we are making changes for our feasiblity and understandability.

4.d. all of the above.

Because in a study all things are equally important from topic of study, hiw hiw we do it, what are the results, what is conclusion in order to make it complete and find out if there is anything wrong in it and how to correct it.

5. True. Summarising is taking only a selected phrase from whole of the article and presenting it into own language

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