RD Exam DOMAIN I Research Applications
ERB
Ethical Review Board; another name for the IRB
FINER
Feasible, Interesting, Novel/Innovative, Ethical, Relevant; what a hypothesis should be
IEC
Independent Ethics Committee; another name for the IRB
MOOSE
Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology; system for reporting observational studies
PICO
Population, Intervention/Exposure, Comparison, Outcome; what a research objective should be
PRISMA
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses; minimum set of items tobe reported
RCT
Randomized control trial w/comparison placebo group; the gold standard
REB
Research Review Board; another name for the IRB
IRB
The Instutitional Review Board under FDA
randomization
a sample from a whole population so the characteristics of each of the units approximates the characteristics of the whole population
Case control studies, follow up studies, and clinical trials are which type of research?
analytical research; the test HYPOTHESES and help determine relationship btwn found variables
Case reports, case studies, and case series are included in which type of research?
descriptive research; they report OBSERVATIONS and helps to ID variables involved
Hawthorne effect
positive response d/t attention that participants of an experiment receive