Quantitative Flashcards
Simple Random Assignemnt
participants assigned at random, equal chance of any group
Block random assignment
similar to simple random, assures an even number of participants in each group
Stratified Random Assignment
participants divided into strata to ensure proportional representation of any important characteristics
Allocation Concealment
The person who determine if a subject was eligible for inclusion in the trail was unaware of which group the subject would be allocated to when this decision was made
Standard of Care group
group still receives the standard of care
Participant blinding
participants were unable to discriminate whether they had or had not received the treatment
Therapist Blinding
therapists were unable to discriminate which participants had or had not received the treatment
Assessor blinding
assessors were unable to discriminate which participants had or had not received the treatment
Pragmatic Clinical Trial
Has the following characteristics:
1. Minimal exclusion criteria
2. Looser restrictions on recruitment
3. Treatment is less rigidly controlled, better mimics actual clinical practice
4. Control group receives standard of care
Pre-Test/Post Test Design
Given a pre test, then treatment (or control) and then given post test
Post-Test Only
not given a pre-test beforehand, start with treatment or control, and then given post test.
Factorial Design
More than 1 independent variable
testing to compare the factors together
Crossover/Repeated Measures Design
each experimental unit is given each of the different treatment levels over the course of the experiment.
Washout Period: time between interventions that eliminates effect of intervention on outcome measure
Quasi Experimental, Time Series Designs
One group Pre-Test/Post-Test
One group repeated measures
interrupted time series
Quasi, Non Equivalent Group Designs
Non-Equivalent Pre-Test/Post-Test with Control Group
Non-Equivalent Post-Test only with Control group
Historical COntrol group