Test 1 Flashcards
which of the following study types is observational and not experimental
Cross sectional
Plaque scores, probing depths, and number of permanent teeth remaining in the mouth are all examples of
Ratio measurement
what does pico stand for
patient intervention comparison outcome
What type of research randomizes a group of subjects into an experimental group and a control group?
Randomized Clinical Trials
What experimentation looks to demonstrate cause and effect and also intervention and outcome
RCT
Sometimes called quasi experiments
Non-randomized clinical trial
What experiment is where a group of subjects is placed into an experimetal and control group?
Non randomized clinical trials
what experiment follows specific groups over a period of time
Prospective Cohort Study
Identifying subjects with a clinical condition,
Subjects free from clinical condition Investigating if the 2 groups have similar or different exposures to risk indicator(s), factors associated with disease.
Retrospective Case control study
Administration of 2 or more experimental therapies, one after the other in a specified or random order, to the same group of patients. Ex one tooth paste after another
Crossover design
Observation of defined population at a single point in time or in a specified time interval. Expose and outcome determined simultaneously
Cross Sectional study
focuses on the etiology of disease, or treatment challenges presented by a single clinical case
-one doctor has a valuable case
Case Report
Variable usually accociated with producing an effect, In an experiment the manipulated variable
Independent Variable
Effect or outcome of interest
Dependent variable
laboratory or physical sign used as substitute for clinically meaningful endpoint
Surrogate endpoint
