Studies
Another term for quantitative study
What is Analytic Study?
Assignment of study participants to group based on random process
what is random assignment?
categories such as keywords, authors, journal titles etc. that can be used to limit or expand a database search
What is fields?
any clinical endpoint of interest
what is outcome?
the estimated amount of possible statistical error in a surveys result
what is margin of error?
A type of observational study in which both exposure and outcome have already occurred and are being analyzed retrospectively
What is case control study?
The ways in which the responses of study participants are influenced by obtrusiveness of being observed
what is reactivity issues?
a feature of a journal where the readers write in response to article
what is letter to the editor?
the step by step description of concrete procedures to be carried out during a research study
what is protocol?
the arithmetical average
An experimental Study where the researcher randomly assigns treatments to groups of participants
What is clinical trial?
The capacity of the study to be replicated by another investigator or in another setting
what is reproducibility?
a critique of previous research studies on a particular topic
literature review
a reference to a journal article
what is citation?
the difference between the highest and lowest scores of an outcome
what is range?
A study that explains a connection between naturally occurring events ; without manipulating those events
What is observational study?
What is before and after treatment design?
search teams used to retrieve articles on a particular topic
a specific statement that can be demonstrated to be true or false through gathering and analysis of data
what is hypothesis ?
the tendency for extreme values of a baseline measure to become closer to the average upon repeated measure
what is regression of the mean?
Another name for for cohort or longitudinal study
what is prospective study?
The capacity of a study to be generalized to other groups or clinical settings
what is external validity?
evidence that the results of a study are not due to chance or random error
what is statistical significance?
the idea that science progresses best through demonstrating that a hypothesis is false
what is falsification?
the way in which cases from a population are selected to be representative of the entire population
what is sample?