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