Archives: Glossary Terms

Flaws in the way a study is designed, done, or analyzed that lead to one conclusion being favored over another.

The people in a study who do not receive the study treatment or do not have the condition being studied.

An electronic version of an informed consent form.

A study that is set up so that the study treatment that each participant receives is not known by the participants or the researchers.

A kind of study where increasing amounts of a study treatment are given to different groups to find the best dose.

Refusing to be part of a research study.

An organized list of research information.

Findings from analyzing Real World Data.

The reason why a study, or something in a study, is being done.

Information from many different sources used for health research purposes.