Experiment Vocab

Front

Observes and measures characteristics without altering conditions.

Back

Observational study

Front

Treatment imposed on a subject with a recorded response.

Back

Experiment

Front

Factor manipulated by the experimenter

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treatment

Front

Group with no treatment for comparison.

Back

Control

Front

Group for treatment or placebo application

Back

experimental

Front

Unmedicated treatment resembling real treatment

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Placebo

Front

Using a model to reproduce study conditions

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simulation

Front

Investigates characteristics of a population by asking questions.

Back

survey

Front

Assigning subjects to treatment groups randomly

Back

randomization

Front

Replicating the experiment with many subjects

Back

replication