Lecture 3 Flashcards
What type of research design is this:
“participants are randomly assigned to at least 2 comparison groups”?
Experimental
What type of research design is this:
“no random assignment & typically involves the use of cohort groups”?
Quasi-experimental
What is key to true experimental design?
Randomization
Repeated measures design is when ___________.
What is the flaw with repeated measures?
Participants serve as their own controls
Flaw: Participants will learn and adapt over time
Which research design is this?
Compares 1 group over 2+ time periods
One-way repeated measures
- intervention can be given at any point or over a few time periods
Which research design is this?
One-way repeated measures
Which research design is this?
Posttest-only randomized group
Note: can be more than 2 groups
Which research design is this?
Posttest-only non-randomized group
Which research design is this?
2+ IVs, with or without randomization into groups, AND the patients never cross into other groups
Factorial - fully independent
Which research design is this?
Factorial - fully independent
Which research design is this?
2+ IVs, the subjects participate in every cell
Factorial - fully repeated
Which research design is this?
Factorial - fully repeated
Which research design is this?
2+ IVs, with or without randomization, groups of subjects move through the repeated conditions
Factorial - mixed
Which research design is this?
Factorial - mixed
Which research design is this?
Crossover with or without randomization
What is measurement theory also known as?
Psychometrics
What does measurement theory provide?
the foundation for evaluating tests, their uses and interpretations
e.g. reliability, validity
What is a methodological study?
Any study that investigates the reliability and/or validity of clinical and research measures
What is MDC?
Minimally detectable change
* amount of change in an instrument that is beyond error
What is MCID?
Minimal Clinically Important Difference
* amount of change in an instrument that results in a clinically relevant change in the patient
What is this an example of?
TUG: change in performance of >2 seconds is true change, not measurement error
MDC
What is this an example of?
TUG: a decrease in time of >5 seconds is important change to the pt diagnosed with MS
MCID
What is reliability?
Consistency or degree of association between 2 variables
What is validity?
Accuracy or degree of correspondence between the concept being measured and variable used to represent the concept
reliable or valid?
reliable
reliable or valid?
valid, not reliable