Observational research designs are best suited for:

The news has been filled with stories about the spread of a new disease. What study design would be the best choice if you wanted to study the factors that may be contributing to this outbreak?

A researcher testing a new cholesterol medication develops a placebo that is visually indistinguishable from the study medication (each pill has the same color, shape, size, etc.). A study nurse will call every participant each week and ask them if they’ve experienced any side effects, regardless of experimental condition (that is, regardless of whether participants receive the new anxiety medication or the placebo pill). In doing this, the researchers were most likely attempting to control for _________.

________ is the number of people who do not complete a follow-up assessment, divided by the number of people who started the study.

___________ is a qualitative research approach that focuses on describing the cultural basis of beliefs, attitudes, norms and behaviors.

Out of the following list of research designs, which would be the best choice if you wanted to study incidence rates of a health condition/behavior?

Which study conclusion (shown below) offers the highest level of evidence for a cause and effect relationship?

An interviewer asks a participant a series of open-ended questions in pre-specified order. The interviewer has been asked to read the questions exactly as written, but has been informed that they are allowed to ask follow-up questions if needed to clarify answers (for example, they can ask “I’m not sure what you mean by that, can you tell me more?). This type of interview is best described as an:

In _________ , the main focus is on the development of theories from empirical data.

Which problem listed below is NOT resolved by having a control group?