Researchers Attempted to Re-Create a Small-Town Doctor Experience, by Transforming

question 145

Multiple Choice

Researchers attempted to re-create a small-town doctor experience, by transforming the laboratory into a doctor's office and furnishing it with instruments, décor, and staff that would be similar in the real setting. The researchers are attempting to increase the following with their efforts in:

• A) ecological validity.
• B) concurrent validity.
• C) internal consistency.
• D) internal reliability.

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Definitions:

Randomized Clinical Trial

A scientific study in which participants are randomly assigned to one of the treatment or control groups to assess the efficacy of a medical intervention.

Before-after Study

A study design in which the same group of subjects is measured before and after a specific intervention or event, to assess its effects.

Case-control Study

A type of observational study where two groups are compared: those with the disease or outcome of interest (cases) and those without the disease (controls), to identify factors that may contribute to the disease's presence.

Case-series

A descriptive study type that tracks subjects with a known exposure or treatments to document outcomes.