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Research Methods & Evidence-Based Practice Flashcards

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  1. Evidence-based RSA practice means servers and managers should base refusal policies primarily on:

    Answer: Research-supported behavioral indicators of intoxication

    Evidence-based practice integrates the best available research evidence with professional judgment to guide decisions.

  2. A 'meta-analysis' in alcohol research is best described as:

    Answer: A statistical technique that combines results from multiple studies

    Meta-analysis pools quantitative data from multiple independent studies to derive an overall effect estimate with greater statistical power.

  3. Which sampling method would produce the most representative data about drinking behaviors across all US adults?

    Answer: Stratified random sampling of the national population

    Stratified random sampling ensures all demographic groups are proportionally represented, increasing generalizability.

  4. When a state implements a new alcohol server training law and then measures DUI rates before and after, this is called a:

    Answer: Pre-post (before-after) quasi-experimental design

    Pre-post designs compare outcomes before and after an intervention without a control group, making them quasi-experimental.

  5. Peer-reviewed research is generally more trustworthy than industry-funded white papers because:

    Answer: It has undergone independent expert evaluation for methodology and accuracy

    Peer review subjects research to scrutiny by independent experts, reducing the risk of methodological flaws and bias going undetected.

  6. In alcohol harm reduction research, 'incidence rate' refers to:

    Answer: The number of new alcohol-related events occurring in a population during a specific time period

    Incidence rate measures new cases or events within a defined population over a specific time period, tracking how quickly harm is occurring.

  7. Which type of validity is threatened when a study on RSA training only tests participants immediately after training rather than 6 months later?

    Answer: External validity

    External validity (generalizability) is threatened because results from an immediate post-test may not reflect real-world, long-term behavior change.