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MCAT Physics Ch. 11

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Definition
Scientific Method   Series of 8 steps for the generation of new knowledge  
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Initial Steps Of Scientific Method   Generate a testable question, gather data and resources, and form a hypothesis  
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Intermediate Steps Of Scientific Method   Collect new data, analyze the data, interpret the data and existing hypothesis  
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Final Steps Of Scientific Method   Publish and verify results  
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FINER Method   Assesses the value of a research question on the basis of whether or not it is feasible, interesting, novel, ethical, and relevant  
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During Research, We Manipulate:   Independent variables and observe changes in teh dependent variable  
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Controls   Used to correct for any influences of an intervention that are not part of the model  
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Positive Controls   Ensure that a change in the dependent variable occurs when expected  
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Negative Controls   Ensure that no change in the dependent variable occurs when none is expected.  
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Accuracy (Validity)   Quality of approximating the true value  
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Precision (Reliability)   Quality of being consistent in approximations  
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Cohort Studies   Record exposures throughout time and then assess the rate of a certain outcome  
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Cross-sectional Studies   Assess both exposure and outcome at the same point in time.  
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Case-control Studies   Assess outcome status and then assess for exposure history  
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Hill's Criteria   This is used to support causality in observational studies. This includes temporality, strength, dose-response relationships, consistency, plausibility, consideration of alternate explanations, experiments, specificity, and coherence  
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Bias Is:   Systematic and results from a problem during data collection  
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Selection Bias   The sample differs from the population. Most common in human subjects research.  
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Detection Bias   Arises from educated professionals using their knowledge in an inconsistent way by searching for an outcome disproportionately in certain populations.  
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Hawthorne Effect   Results from changes in behavior by the subject, experimenter, or both, which occurs as a result of the knowledge that the subject is being observed.  
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Confounding   An error in data analysis that results from a common connection of both the dependent and independent variable to a third variable.  
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Four Principles Of Medical Ethics Include:   Beneficence, nonmaleficence, respect for patient autonomy, and justice.  
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Respect For Persons Includes:   Autonomy, informed consent, and confidentiality  
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Justice Dictates:   Which study questions are worth pursuing and which subjects to use  
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Beneficence Requires:   People to do the most good with the least harm.  
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Equipoise   A lack of knowledge about which arm of the research study is better for the subject. This is required for any intervention of a study to take place.  
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Populations   Individuals who share a set of characteristics.  
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Population Data Are Called:   Parameters  
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Samples   Subset of a population that are used to estimate population data.  
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Sample Data Are called:   Statistics  
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Internal Validity   Identification of causality in a study between the independent and dependent variables.  
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External Validity   The ability of a study to be generalized to the population that it describes.  
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Statistical Significance   The low likelihood of the experimental findings being due to chance  
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Clinical Significance   Usefulness or importance of experimental findings to patient care or patient outcomes.  
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