KIN330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Muscle Biopsy, Unnecessary Health Care, Syphilis
13 Mar 2017
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People studied did not know they were being given the lsd. Closer to home: some coudrums that are less obvious, but still problematic: 1. She wants to back out but feels uncomfortable about saying so. All who engage in clinical research are bound to maximize potential beefits and minimize possible harm": 3. 2015-01-12 8:34:00 pm: extent to which a measurement is consistent and free from error . Sources of error: systematic, constant bias in one direction, potentially correctable, ie. Thermometer always reads 2 degrees lower: random, unpredictable factors bias in all possible directions, not easy to correct, but averaging will help (errors cancel out in opposite directions) Types: test-retest reliability, repeated measurements of stable phenomena should held the same values, stability of phenomenon important to consider, alternated forms of reliability, scores on alternate versions of the same test should correspond, eg.
