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random
— By chance, not predictable; … (read more)
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random allocation
(randomization, random selection*)
— The process of assigning participants in a study to treatment comparison groups using a chance process, like drawing lots, to protect against bias.; … (read more)
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randomization, stratified see stratified randomization
(stratification, stratified allocation)
— The process of assigning participants in a study to treatment comparison groups based on characteristics (strata) thought to affect their prognosis; … (read more)
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randomized study
(randomized control trial, RCT, randomized trial, randomized controlled trial (should not be used))
— A category of studies comparing two or more treatments in which random allocation is used to assign participants to treatment comparison groups; … (read more)
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reference standard test
(gold standard, reference test)
— The best available method of determining whether people have a condition; … (read more)
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regulation of research
— Processes used to assess whether proposed research is scientifically defensible, ethical, and worthwhile; … (read more)
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relative effect
— The ratio of outcome measures in one treatment comparison group compared to another in a study; … (read more)
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reliability
— The extent to which a claim or evidence about a treatment effect is trustworthy; … (read more)
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repeated measures study
— A type of non-randomized study, similar to an interrupted time series study, in which outcomes are measured in the same participants at multiple time points; … (read more)
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reporting bias
(publication bias)
— Bias resulting from decisions by researchers, or others (e.g. drug companies or journal editors) not to report or publish the results of a study, or not to provide full information about a study; … (read more)
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reproducibility
(repeatability, replicability)
— The extent to which the results of studies are confirmed in the results of subsequent studies; … (read more)
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research
— The use of systematic and explicit methods to address questions; … (read more)
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research data
(empirical data, empirical evidence)
— Information gathered in studies to help address research questions, such as assessing treatment effects; … (read more)
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research evidence
(research findings, research results)
— The findings of studies, including systematic reviews; … (read more)
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research methods
(methods)
— The systematic and transparent steps and protocols researchers follow to address research questions; … (read more)
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research priorities
— Research projects selected as particularly deserving of support; … (read more)
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resource use
— In treatment comparisons, all the important items and people used to deliver a treatment, and which may differ between the treatment comparison groups in a study; … (read more)
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risk of bias
— The likelihood of there being a systematic error (bias) that distorts an effect estimate in treatment comparisons.; … (read more)
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risk ratio
(RR, relative risk)
— The likelihood of an outcome in one treatment comparison group divided by the likelihood in another; … (read more)