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Research Design

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Definition: A plan for collecting and utilizing data so that desired information can be obtained with sufficient precision or so that an hypothesis can be tested properly.     
See Also Clinical Trials Data Monitoring Committees
Examples Control Groups; Double-Blind Method; Early Termination of Clinical Trials; Meta-Analysis as Topic; Numbers Needed To Treat; Patient Selection; Random Allocation; Sample Size
Other names Experimental Design; Research Proposal; Problem Formulation; Methodology, Research; Matched Groups; Experimental Designs; Error Sources; Designs, Experimental; Design, Experimental; Data Reporting; Data Quality; Data Adjustment; Sources, Error; Source, Error; Scoring Method; Research Proposals; Research Designs; Reporting, Data; Quality, Data; Qualities, Data

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