When Asked Why There Are Not More Controlled Clinical Trials

question 14

Multiple Choice

When asked why there are not more controlled clinical trials of CAM therapies,CAM practitioners note that:

• A) treatment variables cannot always be studied independently.
• B) anecdotal evidence is difficult to gather when studies are conducted in the field.
• C) self-report data are notoriously unreliable.
• D) qualitative studies are superior to RCTs.

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Definitions:

Competitive Equilibrium Price Ratio

The ratio of prices that ensures the equality of supply and demand in a competitive market, often used to observe relative price changes between commodities.

Utility Function

A mathematical representation expressing an individual's preference ordering over a set of goods or services, used in economics to model decision making under uncertainty.

Min

Often short for "minimum," it represents the smallest or least possible amount or degree of a certain quantity or measure.

Numeraire Good

A benchmark or standard commodity against which the relative price of all other goods and services is measured in an economy.