NSC 260 Exam study guide
Lay article - answer
misrepresentation - answer A false statement or lie that can render the contract void.
fact - answerA statement that can be proved.
anecdote - answer A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event.
Quatitative research - answerresearch that involves analysis of numerical data
Qualitative Research - answer informal research methods, including observation,
following social media sites, in-depth interviews, focus groups, and projective
techniques
In vivo - answertest on a living organism
in vitro - answerstudy on cell cultures
ex vivo - answerstudies are conducted on functional organs that have been removed
from the intact organism
experimental study - answerresearch that manipulates a variable in a test group and
compares the response to that of a control group that was not exposed to the same
variable
two types of experimental studies - answerrandomized controlled trial and non
randomized controlled trial
clinical study - answerstudy that uses intervention and may use a placebo
observational study - answerstudy based on data with no treatment or intervention
cross-sectional study - answera "snapshot" in time of a representative sample, or cross-
section, of a population
Case-control study - answerCompares those with a case (outcome of interest) and
those without
longitudinal study - answera study that observes the same participants on many
occasions over a long period of time
Lay article - answer
misrepresentation - answer A false statement or lie that can render the contract void.
fact - answerA statement that can be proved.
anecdote - answer A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event.
Quatitative research - answerresearch that involves analysis of numerical data
Qualitative Research - answer informal research methods, including observation,
following social media sites, in-depth interviews, focus groups, and projective
techniques
In vivo - answertest on a living organism
in vitro - answerstudy on cell cultures
ex vivo - answerstudies are conducted on functional organs that have been removed
from the intact organism
experimental study - answerresearch that manipulates a variable in a test group and
compares the response to that of a control group that was not exposed to the same
variable
two types of experimental studies - answerrandomized controlled trial and non
randomized controlled trial
clinical study - answerstudy that uses intervention and may use a placebo
observational study - answerstudy based on data with no treatment or intervention
cross-sectional study - answera "snapshot" in time of a representative sample, or cross-
section, of a population
Case-control study - answerCompares those with a case (outcome of interest) and
those without
longitudinal study - answera study that observes the same participants on many
occasions over a long period of time
