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Midterm Quiz 1

Started on Sunday, 13 March 2022, 3:04 PM

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Time taken 8 mins 23 secs
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Grade 100.00 out of 100.00

Question 1
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The following is seen crucial for any research organization except for

Select one:
a. Openness to debate and criticism

b. Having hospitality toward novelty

c. Having time for ideas to grow to maturity

d. Having the right private funding for researches 

Question 2
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It is a kind of bias which occurs when something is poorly defined, no gold standard for diagnosis of the disease, or when a disease might not
be easily detectable for example a disease.

Select one:
a. Survivor Bias

b. Misclassification Bias 

c. Selection Bias

d. Admission Bias

Question 3
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Bayh-Dole act which is passed in 1980, is the

Select one:
a. Law passed that protects the environment from harmful activities of private corporations

b. law which states that the government has no right to own any research conducted by the university researchers when it is privately
funded

c. Act granting universities and their professors automatic rights to own and commercialize federally funded research 

d. The role of the government to address the issue between the environment and different industries.

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Question 4
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Overall the module talks about

Select one:
a. The problem faced by the scientific research community in response to the conflict of interest with different privately owned 
corporations funding researches.

b. The importance of research to the people and the industry funding it

c. The increase of demand for government funded researches

d. The lack of budget and support to the scientific community

Question 5
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What is external responsibilities of a researcher?

Select one:
a. It's a responsibility of the scientist to everything outside of his or her own

b. The role of a scientist to take into account the health of his body

c. Refers to the role of the scientist or researcher not only to the scientific community but also to the community outside of the 
laboratory.

d. It is the role of the of the scientist to stick to the standards of the scientific community

Question 6

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Which of the following is not a bias in data analysis?

Select one:
a. Interpretation of Data 

b. Manipulation of Data

c. Elimination of Data

d. Fabrication of Data

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Question 7
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It is any trend or deviation from the truth in data collection, data analysis, interpretation, and publication which can cause false conclusions.

Select one:
a. Data collection

b. Data Interpretation

c. Bias 

d. Potential Conflict of interests

Question 8
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Which of the following is not a benefit of tape recording?

Select one:
a. The capability to review the data gathered

b. In note taking there is an increased risk of the researcher being more subjective

c. Less distraction in the observation

d. Writing down the observations is not largely the job of the researcher 

Question 9
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Transparency and objectivity of researchers can be affected by personal or financial interests. Directly or indirectly. Research can be directly
affected by the interests of the person conducting it if the person has a direct benefit from a company such as stock ownership, grants, and
patents. And indirectly if

Select one:
a. The person will be given recognition, paid expert testimony, and support from sponsored organizations of the company 

b. If the research is funded just heighten the demand of a certain product

c. If the person was employed before by the company who funds the research

d. If the product will provide some benefits to the expert/researcher.

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Question 10
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Volunteer bias is

Select one:
a. Wrongly classifying a sample as part of the study when it shouldn't be.

b. Filtering the sample in the population to make sure that some part of the population will not be represented

c. When the people who are part of the study are those only interested to be part of the study and would have a big difference to 
those who don't

d. When the conclusion of the research is changed just to be centered in the interest of the company supporting it.

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