This is the first of a series of articles that will describe the different types of study design; considerations when choosing a study design; and the advantages and disadvantages of each type of ...

Medical research is essential for advancing the understanding of health, diseases, and treatments. There are many types of studies that serve different purposes. Medical research, or health research, ...

Once you have determined your research question, the next step is to decide on a research design. As random assignment tends to be challenging in SoTL, most projects tend to fall into the ...

Clinical trials are well-controlled and designed experiments that aim to prove that an Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP) is effective. Clinical trial data is submitted to the national health ...

In this series, I previously gave an overview of the main types of study design and the techniques used to minimise biased results. Here, I describe cross-sectional studies, their uses, advantages and ...

When a 2-year-old child listens to a message spoken by his or her mother and is asked to repeat it, the child typically repeats only part of the message. (Brown, 1965). When interfering background ...