Observational Research Methods MCQs

Observational Research Methods MCQs

Try to answer these 10+ Observational Research Methods MCQs and check your understanding of the Observational Research Methods subject.
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1: A cohort research design can be used to assess ______.

A.   Consistency

B.   Causality

C.   Risk

D.   Problems

2: An observational cohort research design is appropriate when the outcome is not too ______.

A.   Rare

B.   Dependent

C.   Controversial

D.   Complicated

3: An incidence rate is the number of new cases arising in a given period in a specified population and is usually expressed as number of cases per ______.

A.   10

B.   100

C.   1,000

D.   10,000

4: Researchers using a(n) ______ research design start by first identifying the determinant or risk factor and then follow the participants over time until they develop the outcome.

A.   Retrospective

B.   Mixed-methods

C.   Prospective

D.   Ecological

5: Researchers using a(n) ______ research design start by first identifying the outcome and then looking backward in time to see if they can find the determinant or risk factor that contributed to the outcome.

A.   Retrospective

B.   Mixed-methods

C.   Prospective

D.   Ecological

6: A(n) ______ research design is used when researchers initially suspect there is an association between exposure and outcome.

A.   Mixed-methods

B.   Ecological

C.   Retrospective

D.   Prospective

7: How is association typically measured in an ecological study?

A.   Prevalence

B.   Relative risk

C.   Correlational analysis

D.   Odds ratio

8: A ______ research design is used when a researcher is determining simultaneously the exposure and outcome for everyone in the study.

A.   Cross-correlated

B.   Cross-relational

C.   Cross-referenced

D.   Cross-sectional

9: An ecological fallacy is the assumption that the relationship which exists for groups are assumed to also be true for individuals.

A.   True

B.   False

10: A spurious relationship is one in which the relationship between the exposure variable and outcome variable is due to a confounding variable.

A.   True

B.   False

11: Those who are most likely to learn from observing a model are probably _______.

A.   Young children

B.   Older children

C.   Adults

D.   Very old adults