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Rehabilitation Research Chapters 1-11 Questions and Answers 2024
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Rehabilitation Research Chapters 1-11What is rehabilitation research? - answer the means by which we test the belief that
what we do makes a difference in the lives of the people we serve.
What are the three characteristics of research? - answer1. research challenges the
status quo; 2. it is creative; 3. it is systematic
In what ways can you "challenge the status quo"? - answer1. identify gaps in out
knowledge; 2. systematically test the effects of rehabilitation practices; 3. test novel or
traditionally avoided treatments
What reasons might someone have for developing research? - answer1. to develop a
body of knowledge for the rehabilitation professions; 2. to determine whether
interventions work; 3. to improve patient and client care
What are some of the barriers to rehabilitation research? - answer1. lack of funds 2.
lack of research mentors 3. lack of time 4. lack of familiarity with the research process 5.
lack of statistical support 6. ethical concerns about use of human participants and
animal subjects 7. the clinician-researcher dichotomy
What is the "Clinician-Researcher Dichotomy"? - answerthe belief that clinicians and
researchers have little in common.
What are the ways in which researchers can overcome the barriers? - answer1. to
develop productive research teams composed of individuals who, together, have all the
diverse skills needed to plan, implement, analyze, and report research. 2. development
of the 'Scientist-Practitioner'.
How is the importance of research to the rehabilitation professions represented? -
answerThrough professional association goals, publication vehicles for rehab research,
educational standards, and research funding.
Four major areas in need of study - answerThe natural history of disability, functional
assessment and performance evaluation, intervention issues, and rehabilitation service
delivery
Theory is generally developed through reflection upon _______. - answerexperience (or
from logical speculation).
, What is 'restrictiveness' and what are the different levels? - answerRestrictiveness
addresses how inclusive or wide-ranging are specific instances covered by a definition.
Least Restrictive, Moderately Restrictive, Most Restrictive.
What is the 'Least Restrictive Definition'? - answerrequire only that a phenomenon be
described in some way, and not predicted or explained; 'descriptive theory'
What is the 'Moderately Restrictive Definition'? - answercan be used to make
predictions based on the relationships between variables; 'predictive theory'
What is the 'Most Restrictive Definition'? - answerlooks at the why and how questions
that support a problem; 'explanatory theory'
What is 'tentativeness of theory'? - answertheory is only a tentative explanation of a
phenomena; theory is not absolute, it is a view that is acceptable at the time, to the
scientists studying the problem
What is 'testability of theory'? - answertheories cannot be proved true because one can
never test them under all the conditions under which they might be applied
What are the four levels of the 'scope of theory'? - answermetatheory, grand theory,
general (or middle-range) theory, specific (or practice) theory
What is 'metatheory'? - answerliterally means "theorizing about theory"; highly abstract,
focusing on how knowledge is created and organized
What is 'grand theory'? - answerprovide broad conceptualizations of phenomena
What is 'general (or middle-range) theory'? - answerprovide general frameworks for
action, but do no purport to address large ideas or entire disciplines with a single
theoretical context
What is 'specific (or practice) theory'? - answerdescribed as particular applications of
grand or general theories
When developing an answerable research question, what is the process for moving
from a general topic to a specific research question? - answer1. topic identification and
selection 2. problem identification and selection 3. theoretical framework identification
and selection 4. question identification and selection 5. determining the research
methods
With regards to 'problem identification and selection' (p 19), what is the 'knowledge-
knowledge' conflict? - answerconflict between different types of knowledge, often,
between general knowledge and scientifically based knowledge
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