Study designs: Part 1 – An overview and classification

There are several types of research study designs, each with its inherent strengths and flaws. The study design used to answer a particular research question depends on the nature of the question and the availability of resources. In this article, which is the first part of a series on “study design...

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Autores principales: Ranganathan, Priya, Aggarwal, Rakesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6176693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30319950
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/picr.PICR_124_18
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spelling pubmed-61766932018-10-12 Study designs: Part 1 – An overview and classification Ranganathan, Priya Aggarwal, Rakesh Perspect Clin Res Statistics There are several types of research study designs, each with its inherent strengths and flaws. The study design used to answer a particular research question depends on the nature of the question and the availability of resources. In this article, which is the first part of a series on “study designs,” we provide an overview of research study designs and their classification. The subsequent articles will focus on individual designs. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6176693/ /pubmed/30319950 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/picr.PICR_124_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Perspectives in Clinical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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