Massage Therapy Foundation Research Webinar- What Is Research?
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We hope you enjoyed, "Research Webinar Part II: What is Research? ," with Robin Miccio, MS, LMT, CPMT, CEIM. Please enter your name and email address below to take the quiz for this webinar.
- 1.What is one definition of research?
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A method of collecting information with a purpose
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Writing an article about your knowledge and getting it published.
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A systematic process of investigating facts and theories and exploring connections to discover new knowledge.
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Research is looking up information about a subject to prove how something works
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Reading through online sources such as blogs and Wikipedia to prove that massage is helpful
- 2.What are three classifications of research methods?
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Collaborative, authoritative, and subjective methods
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Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods
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Scientific, educational, and practical methods
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Quantitative, systematic, permissive methods
- 3.Generally, what type of research is a case study?
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Experimental
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Exploratory
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Descriptive
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Quantitative
- 4.What type of research is a Randomized Controlled Trial?
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Experimental
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Exploratory
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Descriptive
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Quantitative
- 5.What are the different steps in a research process?
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Identify question, read the literature, identify hypothesis, design study, determine methods, analyze data, communicate findings
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Make an assumption, find literature resources that match assumption, write a paper based on the resources and assumption
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Review literature, develop research plan, figure out question based on research plan, come up with conclusions
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Formulate an idea of a condition to be researched, find participants, recruit researchers, collect data, and post to social media
- 6.What are elements to consider when evaluating research studies?
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Several authors with higher education degrees that have obtained lots of research grant funding
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Article is peer reviewed, clinically meaningful and has been published within 10 years
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The study was conducted at a reputable university or affiliated medical center
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The research article proves what most practitioners know about treating a condition.
- 7.What is the research pyramid?
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A hierarchy of evidence with the fundamental study designs at the bottom of the pyramid and the highest-level designs at the top
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Classifying research in levels that says one is more valid than another
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Quantifies the number of research study designs with anecdotal findings being the most prevalent and reliable.
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Demonstrates where most funding goes for research studies.
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