Definitions Flashcards
1
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COUNTERFACTUAL
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What has not happened but could/would under different conditions
2
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CONFOUNDING
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Variable that correlates with both independent & dependent variables
3
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INTENTION-TO-TREAT
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Analysis method for randomised trials - patients randomly assigned to one treatment are analysed together
4
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ANECDOTE
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Short story - regarded as unreliable
5
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CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
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Analysis of data collected from a population at a specific time
6
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CASE CONTROL STUDY
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Compares patients with disease (cases) and patients without (controls)
-looks retrospectively at exposure to risk factors
7
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COHORT
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Group of people with shared characteristics
8
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EXPERIMENTAL
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Based on untested ideas/techniques - not yet finalised
