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Unit 1 - Basic course in Biomedical Research : Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun

2020)

Course outline
Assignment 2: Formulating research
question
Basic course in
Biomedical
Research : Cycle 2
(Mar-Jun 2020) Your last recorded submission was on 2020-04-02, 18:29 IST Due date: 2020-06-30, 23:59 IST.

Lecture 1: 1) Which of the following statement is incorrect about a good research question? 1 point
Introduction to
health research a) Research question should advance scientific knowledge, improve practice, influence policy
(unit? b) Research question should be approved by the ethics committee
unit=1&lesson=2)
c) Research question should confirms, refutes or extends previous findings
Quiz : Assignment d) Feasibility should not be a criterion while developing research question
1: Introduction to
health research 2) All the following are characteristic of good research hypothesis EXCEPT 1 point
(assessment?
name=55) a) Research hypothesis should be simple

Lecture 2:
b) Research hypothesis should be devoid of any ambiguity about study participants and variables
Formulating c) Research hypothesis should be focused on primary objective
research question
d) Research hypothesis should be written once the study is completed
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=3) 3) Which of the following verb is used in the statement of objective of a descriptive research study? 1 point
Quiz :
a) Estimate
Assignment 2:
Formulating b) Determine
research c) Examine
question
d) Compare
(assessment?
name=57) 4) A research question states about what the results of the study might ultimately contribute to that 1 point
Lecture 3: particular field of science
Literature review
a) True
(unit? b) False
unit=1&lesson=4)
5) Purely descriptive research questions do not require a hypothesis 1 point
Quiz : Assignment
3: Literature review
True
(assessment?
name=61) False

Lecture 4: 6) Identify the type of research question if the objective of a study is " To determine the effect of tobacco 1 point
Measures of cessation services on tuberculosis treatment outcomes among patients with tuberculosis under National
disease frequency Tuberculosis Elimination Program"?
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=5) a) Descriptive research question

Quiz : Assignment b) Hypothetical research question

4: Measures of c) Analytical research question
disease frequency
d) Experimental research question
(assessment?
name=75) 7) As per the following objectives a hypothesis should be stated for which study? 1 point
Lecture 5:
a) To determine the association of maternal smoking during pregnancy with respiratory infectious disease
Descriptive study
designs (unit? morbidity and mortality in infants
unit=1&lesson=6) b) To estimate the lifetime prevalence of mental health morbidities among elderly people in India

Quiz : Assignment c) To describe the pattern of physical activity among school going children aged 6-18 years
5: Descriptive d) To describe the temporal and spatial trends of mortality due to cardiovascular diseases, by age and sex in
study designs India during 2009-2019
(assessment?
name=78) 8) All the following are components of 'FINER ' criteria for a research question EXCEPT 1 point

Lecture 6: a) Feasible
Analytical study
designs (unit? b) Reliable
unit=1&lesson=7) c) Novel

Quiz : Assignment d) Ethical

6: Analytical study
9) Which is the last step in the life cycle of research? 1 point
designs
(assessment?
a) Spell out the research question
name=77)
b) Formulate the objective of the study
Lecture 7:
c) Formulate recommendations
Experimental study
designs: Clinical d) Choose the study design
trials (unit?
unit=1&lesson=8) 10)The following are the steps in framing a research question. 1 point
I. Review of state-of-art information
Quiz : Assignment II. Define measurable exposures & outcomes
7: Experimental
III. Raise a question
study designs
IV. Decide worth investigating by peer-review
(assessment?
name=62)
Choose the correct sequence of framing a research question from below.

Lecture 8: Validity a) I, II, III, IV

of epidemiological b) II, IV, III, I
studies (unit?
unit=1&lesson=9) c) I, III, IV, II
d) III, I, II, IV
Quiz : Assignment
8: Validity of You may submit any number of times before the due date. The final submission will be considered for grading.
epidemiological
studies
Submit Answers
(assessment?
name=79)
Lecture 9:
Qualitative
research methods:
An overview (unit?
unit=1&lesson=10)

Quiz : Assignment
9: Qualitative
research methods
(assessment?
name=80)

Lecture 10:
Measurement of
study variables
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=11)

Quiz : Assignment
10: Measurement
of study variables
(assessment?
name=72)

Lecture 11:
Sampling methods
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=12)

Quiz : Assignment
11: Sampling
methods
(assessment?
name=71)

Lecture 12:
Calculating sample
size and power
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=13)

Quiz : Assignment
12: Calculating
sample size and
power
(assessment?
name=70)

Lecture 13:
Selection of study
population (unit?
unit=1&lesson=14)

Quiz : Assignment
13: Selection of
study population
(assessment?
name=76)

Lecture 14: Study

plan and project
management
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=15)
Quiz : Assignment
14: Study plan and
project
management
(assessment?
name=63)

Lecture 15:
Designing data
collection tools
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=16)

Quiz : Assignment
15: Designing data
collection tool
(assessment?
name=64)

Lecture 16:
Principles of data
collection (unit?
unit=1&lesson=17)

Quiz : Assignment
16: Principles of
data collection
(assessment?
name=65)

Lecture 17: Data

management
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=18)

Quiz : Assignment
17: Data
management
(assessment?
name=66)

Lecture 18:
Overview of data
analysis (unit?
unit=1&lesson=19)

Quiz : Assignment
18: Overview of
data analysis
(assessment?
name=74)

Lecture 19: Ethical

framework for
health research
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=20)

Quiz : Assignment
19: Ethical
framework for
health research
(assessment?
name=67)
 Lecture 20:
Conducting clinical
trials (unit?
unit=1&lesson=21)

Quiz : Assignment
20: Conducting
clinical trials
(assessment?
name=68)

Lecture 21:
Preparing a
concept paper for
research projects
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=22)

Quiz : Assignment
21: Preparing a
concept paper for
research project
(assessment?
name=73)

Lecture 22:
Elements of a
protocol for
research studies
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=23)

Quiz : Assignment
22 : Elements of a
protocol for
research studies
(assessment?
name=82)

Lecture 23:
Publication Ethics
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=47)

Quiz : Assignment
23: Publication
Ethics
(assessment?
name=69)

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