Unit 3 From PPQs Flashcards
Statistically significant difference
Error bars do not overlap
Negative correlation
One factor increases, the other decreases
One factor increases, the other decreases
Negative correlation
Positive correlation
One factor increases, the other does too
One factor increases, the other does too
Positive correlation
Scattergraph reliability
Not reliable if many points lie far from line of best fit
Not reliable if many points lie far from line of best fit
Scattergraph reliability
Advantages of in vivo
Allows possible side effects to be shown
Allows effect of the drug/treatment on whole organism to be shown
Purpose of including a control
Comparison between drug and absense of drug
Gives baseline to measure the effect of the drug against
Comparison between drug and absense of drug
Gives baseline to measure the effect of the drug against
Purpose of placebo
Issue with patients administering drugs themselves in a drug trial
Decreases reliability as they may forget or not inject correctly
Purpose of randomised block design
Control confounding variables
Downside of randomised control groups
More time consuming
Stratified sampling
Population divided into categories and sampled proportionally
Population divided into categories and sampled proportionally
Stratified sampling
Why don’t placebos work for animals
They have no expectation
Reducing harm when using animals
Refinement - harm minimised
Reduction - minimum number of animals for validity
Do you need controls for each treatment
Yes if there is a different number of participants in each group
Review article
Compiles summarises of recent research in a particular field
Compiles summarises of recent research in a particular field
Review articles
Downside of observational studies
Cannot show causation
Accurate
Data close to true value
Data close to true value
Accurate
Precise
Dats has little variation