study designs Flashcards
two main study designs used in health sciences
observational
experimental
types of observational studies
case reports cross sectional studies case studies control cohort studies retrospective cohort studies
the most critical and controversial component of a case control is
selection of controls
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cohort
retro spective cohort studies
assesing patients whp are alike in one way and different in other ways
diff btw cohort and case control studies
retro compares the risks of developing a disease to some known factors
case … tires to determine the possible exposure fcator after a kown disease incidence
types of experimental studies
pre experimental
non randomized control trial
randomized control trials
pre experimental
make your experiments on a group of people without withut comparing them with other groups
quasi experiment
the subjects are not randomly asigned to the groups
true experimental design
uses statistical analysis to reject or or support the research
meta anlysis
this is combining the data gotten from the systematic review