Descriptions
The descriptive design study that focuses on the use of in-depth description of an independent case, condition, or response to treatment
What is a case study?
The type of pretest - posttest design where all the subjects receive the same treatment, thus making time the IV
What is a one group pretest-posttest design?
The type of observational/exploratory research that has an outcome and looks back to what lead to the outcome
What is retrospective?
The type of error in an experimental design where the researchers accept the null hypothesis when it is actually false
Qualitative research is developed from
What is social sciences?
A descriptive design that includes observations from several similar cases, it brings attention to something unusual, and can document the unusual course of a disease
What is a case series?
The type of quasi-experimental design that includes a pre-test and measures the same subjects repeatedly over predetermined time intervals
What is a one way repeated measures over time design
Type of observational design that follows a single cohort over time and is usually a prospective design
What is longitudinal?
Type of experimental research design that provides researchers with main effects as well as interaction effects
What is a multifactorial design?
The type of groups Epidemiology focuses on
What is population studies or large groups
A descriptive design that focuses on the study of change over time, and it is common in education research, communication, psychological research, motor development, and physiological change
What is a developmental study?
The type of quasi-experimental design that has history as it’s biggest threat
What is a time series design?
Type of observational research design that gives a “snap-shot’’ of the population at one point in time and typically uses stratified groups at different points on a continuum
What is a cross-sectional design?
A variable that is unchanging and is used to control a variable that may have an effect on the results HINT; often participant gender
What is a blocking variable?
The number of new cases of a condition in a given period of time
What is incidence?
This descriptive design study is used to describe typical or standard values, and it uses T scores and Z scores to measure the deviation from normal
What is a normative study?
The nonequivalent control group design that cannot establish cause and effect
What is a posttest only design?
The specific type of observational study usually a prospective design, where the outcome is measured after the exposure and may uncover unanticipated associations with the outcome
What is a cohort study?
Type of experimental research design in which the participant is their own control group
What is a repeated measures design?
The type of research characterized by participants' observations and in- depth interviews
Qualitative
A descriptive design that relies on self report of participants, and it is used to analyze relationships and differences
What is a normative design?
Of the two nonequivalent control group designs (Pretest-posttest & Posttest only), name the type that is a prospective study
What is a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design?
Type of observational study that is typically retrospective and is good at looking at rare outcomes or conditions, but has a threat of selection bias
What is a case-control study?
Type of experimental research design in which the researchers set no limit on the sample size at the beginning of their research
What is a sequential clinical trial?
The two rehabilitative purposes for epidemiology research
What is diagnosis/screening purposes and wellness promotion