| Question 1: The analysis of the trial results requires knowledge of medicine, ________, and in particular statistics. | |||
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| Question 2: These trials are open to challenge for bias, and they do nothing to reduce the ________ effect. | |||
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| Question 3: A ________ trial is a clinical trial design in which neither the participating individuals nor the study staff knows which participants are receiving the experimental drug and which are receiving a placebo. | |||
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| Question 4: As their name suggests, RCTs involve the ________ allocation of different interventions (treatments or conditions) to subjects. | |||
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| Question 5: RCTs are also employed in other research areas, such as judicial, educational, ________ and social science research. | |||
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| Question 6: Randomized controlled trial (________, Open-label trial) | |||
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| Question 7: The most common meaning is that the subject, researcher and person administering the treatment (often a ________) are blinded to what is being given. | |||
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| Question 8: There may be a political issue at stake (compare ________) or vested interests (compare homeopathy). | |||
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| Question 9: This introduces ________ and confounders and distorts the results of the study. | |||
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| Question 10: treatments where active participation of the patient is necessary (e.g., physical therapy, ________) | |||
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