Chapter 1: Scientific Method Flashcards
A controlled medical experiment in which subjects are randomly chosen to receive either experimental treatment or the placebo
Randomized Clinical Trial
Use the best evidence available
Ask was the science performed properly
How scientists draw conclusions
A method to answer questions
A process of using observation and experiments to draw evidence based conclusions
A way of knowing
Science
- Observation
- Ask questions
- Hypothesize
- Experimentation
- Results of experimentation
- Confirmation or denial of hypothesis
- Confer studies
Scientific method
The study of patterns of disease in populations, including risk factors
Epidemiology
Number of Participants in a study, the larger the more reliable the info
Sample size
Sample of people who will receive the test for the study
Experimental group
A sample of people who maintain the status quit of a normal group
Consume placebo
Control group
Variable or factor being deliberately changed in the experimental group
Independent variable
The measured result of an experiment analyzed in experimental and control groups
Dependent variable
Can be ruled out by data
Falsifiable
An explanation of the natural world that is supported by a large body of evidence
Scientific theory
Informal, personal observation that has not been systematically tested
Anecdotal evidence
A hypothesis is this if it can be supported or rejected by carefully designed experiments or observational studies
Testable
A measure of confidence that the results obtained are real and not due to chance
Statistically significant
