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EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Study design Crossover Trial Each participant receives BOTH treatments in sequence and acts as their own…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Study design Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) Allocate participants by chance to intervention or control — the…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Study design Cohort Study Take groups defined by their exposure and follow them FORWARD in time…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Study design Case-Control Study Start with the OUTCOME — take people who have the disease and…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Study design Cross-Sectional Study A snapshot — measure exposure and outcome at the SAME moment, in…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Study design Case Series & Case Reports A detailed description of one (case report) or a…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Study design Hierarchy of Evidence A ranking of study designs by how susceptible they are to…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Statistics Type I & Type II Errors Concluding there’s a difference when there isn’t (Type I)…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Statistics Confidence Intervals The plausible range for the true effect — and a direct read on…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Trial analysis Intention-to-Treat Analysis Analyse every participant in the group they were RANDOMISED to, regardless of…
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