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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} x{4.4793 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Key Terms}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Response variable: variable that measures an outcome or result of study.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Explanatory variable: variable that we think explains or causes changes in the response variable.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Individuals studied in an experiment are often called subjects} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{A treatment is any specific experimental condition applied to the subjects. If an experiment has several explanatory variables, a treatment is a combination of specific values for these variables.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Lurking Variable: variable that has an important effect on the relationship among the variables in the study but is not one of the explanatory variables studied} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Two variables are confounded when their effects on a response variable cannot be distinguished from each other.} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & the confounded variables may be either explanatory or lurking variables. \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} x{4.4793 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Chapter 6 Key Terms}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{double blind experiment: neither the subject nor the people who work with them know which treatment the subject is receiving} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{clinical trials: medical experiments involving human subjects.} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{nonadherers: subjects who participate but don't follow experimental treatment} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{experiments that continue over an extended period of time also suffer dropouts: subjects to begin the experiment but do not complete it.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & If a subject drops out because of their reaction to one of the treatments, bias can occur. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{a well designed experiment tells us that changes in the explanatory variable must cause changes in the response variable.} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & make sure that your findings are statistically significant, that they are too strong to occur by chance. \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Completely Randomized Design (experimental design): all the experimental subjects are allocated at random among all the treatments.} \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Matched Pairs Design (matching and randomization): compares just two treatments} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} & choose a pair of subjects that are as closely matched as possible. Assign one of the treatments to each subject by random assignment. \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 4) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Block design: group of experimental subjects that are known before an experiment to be similar in some way that is expected to affect the response of the treatments} \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 4) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} x{4.4793 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Chapter 6 Key Terms (cont)}} \tn % Row 11 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & random assignment of subjects to treatments is carried out separately within each block. \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 12 \SetRowColor{white} & combines the idea of creating equivalent treatment groups. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 13 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & another form of control. Some outside variables are controlled by bringing those variables into the experiment to form the blocks. \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} x{4.4793 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Chapter 5}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{placebo effect: dummy treatment with no active ingredients.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Randomized Comparative Experiment: one that compares two treatments.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & random assignment into groups, one group for each treatment \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & make sure to include one control group. \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} x{4.4793 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Chapter 7}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{The organization that carries out the study must have an institutional review board that reviews all planned studies in advance in order to protect the subjects from possible harm.} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & purpose:to protect the rights and welfare of human subjects recruited to participate in research activities. \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{All individuals who are subjects in a study must give their informed consent before data is collected.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & must be informed about the nature of the study and risk. \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{All individual data must be kept confidential. Only statistical summaries for groups of subjects may be made public.} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Anonymity: subjects are anonymous - their names are not known even to the director of the study.} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Confidentiality:} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} x{4.4793 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Logic of Experimental Design}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Randomization produces group of subjects that should be similar in all respects before we apply the treatments.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Comparative design ensures that influences other than the experimental treatments operate equally on all groups.} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Therefore, differences in the response variable must be due to the effects of treatments} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Principles of Experimental Design} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & 1. Control. The effects of lurking variables on the response, most simply by comparing two or more treatments \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & 2. Randomize. Use impersonal chance to assign subjects to treatments. \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & 3. Use enough subjects in each group to reduce chance variation in the results. \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Statistical Significance: an observed effect of a size that would rarely occur by chance} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Good studies are comparative even when they are not experiments.} \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{We can often combine comparison with matching in creating a control group} \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & note: matching does not entirely eliminate confounding \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{A good comparative study measures and adjusts for confounding variables.} \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} x{4.4793 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Clinical Trials}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Clinical Trials: experiments that study the effectiveness of medical treatments on actual patients.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & Randomized comparative experiments are the only way to see the true effects of these new treatments. Without them, risky treatments that are no better than placebos will become common \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Clinical trials produce great benefits, but most of these go to future patients. The trials pose risks which are borne by the subjects. Balance future benefits against risks \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & Both medical ethics and international human rights standards say that \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{p{0.4977 cm} x{4.4793 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Clinical Trials}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Clinical Trials: experiments that study the effectiveness of medical treatments on actual patients.} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & Randomized comparative experiments are the only way to see the true effects of these new treatments. Without them, risky treatments that are no better than placebos will become common \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Clinical trials produce great benefits, but most of these go to future patients. The trials pose risks which are borne by the subjects. Balance future benefits against risks \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} & Both medical ethics and international human rights standards say that the interest of the subject must always prevail over the interests of science and society. \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 5) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Behavioral and Social Science experiments} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} & the direct risks to experimental subjects are less acute, but so are the possible benefits. \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & invasion of privacy, informed consent are both issues in these studies \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}