Ch 12 and 13

_________assigns participants to intervention and control groups in order to test whether an intervention causes an intended outcome.

• Experimental Study

• Cross-Sectional Study

• Qualitative Study

• Mixed Method Study

​ (a)   looks for the meanings, themes, and theories that emerge from observing and interacting with study participants.

• Qualitative Study
• Quantitative Study
• Experimental Study
• Case Study

A _______ is an experiment in which some of the participants are assigned to an intervention group and some are assigned to a nonactive comparison group.

A _________ Trial in which some participants are randomly assigned to an active intervention group, the remaining participants are assigned to a control group, and all participants from both groups are followed forward in time to see who has a favorable outcome and who does not.

​ (a)   is a strategic action to improve individual and/or population health status. Experimental medical studies typically focus on testing the effectiveness of interventions intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent adverse health conditions.

• Intervention
• Prevention
• Experimental Study
• Scientific Study

_______ :an inactive comparison that is similar to the therapy being tested.

​ (a)   experimental study, participants do not know whether they are in an active or control group.

• Single-Blind
• Double-Blind
• Masking
• None of the above

________ is often used to describe the central concept being studied during a qualitative research project.

• Phenomenon

• Ontology

• Epistimology

• Case Study

A mixed methods ​ (a)   study might collect qualitative data first and then use the insights from that study to design and implement a quantitative study.

• exploratory
• Explanatory
• Axiology
• Post-constructivism
• phenomenological

A mixed methods ​ (a)   study might collect quantitative data first and then use a qualitative study to assist with interpretation of the results.

• explanatory
• exploratory
• grounded theory
• ethnography
• qualitative