Health Sciences 3801A/B- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 33 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 3801A/B
• Professor: Christopher Lee

Document Summary

H e a l t h s c i e n c e s 3 8 0 1 a / b. It is widely believed that good health care involves the use of evidence from well- designed research to make decisions about the care of individuals pts. 2 basic issues in good research design - selection and assignment. Participant selection: random selection: participants are selected entirely at random. On the whole, random selection is considered better because: it provides an average sample (in long run*, allows ndings to be generalized to the average person . Participant assignment: random assignment: participants are assigned to conditions at random, matched assignment: participants are assigned to conditions to equate some characteristics, natural assignment: participants are assigned to conditions based on personal characteristics ex. gender, height. On the whole, random assignment is considered better because: it equates the conditions by randomizing personal characteristics (in the long run*)