“Individual scavenger hunt!”
Using the article by Groth et al. (2013 — please find the following “treasures” within that article. fill it out (you can fill out indetailed.
NAME:
| # | Find: | Provide answers in the space below: |
| 1 | What is the purpose of this study?
(0.2 points) |
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| 2 | What were the independent and dependent variables for this study?
(0.2 points) |
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| 3 | What third variables (which would include confounders and covariates) were included in the study?
(0.2 points) |
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| 4 | List the variables investigated as predictors of BMI 12 years postdelivery.
(0.3 points) |
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| 5 | Describe the sample—briefly in your own words
(0.2 points) |
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| 6 | Describe the power analysis
(0.2 points) |
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| 7 | The sample size for this study. (0.2 points) | |
| 8 | In Table 2 for the Total sample section ONLY (not the prepregnancy sections) please describe the findings and interpret these findings the in your own words.
(Please do not list the variables—rather tell us what the findings are.) (0.3 points) |
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| 9 | What was the research design for this study?
(0.2 points) |
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| 10 | How did the study findings compare to research findings from other studies.
(0.2 points) |
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| 11 | Embedded in the article the authors discussed why they conducted a multiple regression. Regressions are interested in predicting something. What were the authors interested in predicting? (0.2 points) | |
| 12 | In Table 4—as you look at the 95%CI—which ones were significant? Please list the significant variables with the CI.
(1 point) |
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| 13 | In Table 3, which variables were statistically significantly associated with the outcome—just name the variables
(0.4 points) |
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| 14 | Name one limitation of this study. (0.2 points) |