Mixed bag | Model Airplanes | Control Freak | In the mood | By the numbers |
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Case Control Study
Produces the odds ratio
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Biological model
Manipulatable and maleable predictive representation of a biosystem
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Positive control
Known factor changes the DV
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Clinical trial
Chlorpromazine is superior to placebo in controlling positive symptoms of schizophrenia
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Relative risk
Frequency of disease after exposure divided by frequency in normals without the exposure
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Discovery research
What gene is changed in colon cancer
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Ex vivo
Studying a slab of tissue
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Single blind
I know what drug you are taking but you don't!
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Comparative effectiveness study
St John's Wort is equivalent to Fluoxetine for moderate depression
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Power analysis
Determining your work load
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Cohort study
Prospective longitudinal study
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Model induction
Method of producing a disease state in an animal
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Effect size/between groups variability
IV seperates the groups
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Cohort study
Anxiolytic drug buspirone alleviates anxiety without significant side effects
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Odds ratio
Event occuring in one group over event occuring in another group
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Quasi-experiment
No real control over the IV assignment
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Model fusion
Genetic and environmental agent exposure in a model of lung cancer
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Complete randomization
Assumes confounding is equally distributed among groups
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Case series
Study of the effects of LSD in 8 college students
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Phase IV
Tens of thousands of patients studied after drug is on the market
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1 x 2 factorial
a simple t-test
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Allometric approach
Determines the dose to be used in humans based on animal body weight
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repeated measures
Reduces within subject variability
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cross sectional study
Taking methylphenidate really helped thousands of students get through high school
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0.8
Typical beta
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