Mid-term Blah-g

I think the test was a very fair assessment of the topics we covered.    The review session was helpful-I wish those simple math calculations were incorporated into the initial lecture.  Things made a lot more sense after discussing that.  I have to say I was a thrown off by the experimental design question.  I think the majority of that lecture was spent outlining the major categories of observational and experiemental design and examples of the most widely used methods in research.  Study design is such an important part of research.  It is applicable to everyone--even if you do not want to pursue studies in research directly pertaining to patients.  It is important to study research design because it forces you to delve into the real analysis of the problem and question the overall significance of your initial thoughts.  Also, implementing the right statistics is vital to every study's success.  Choosing the right study design is critical and is usually the most time consuming part of the process, but very crucial to successful research.

Posted by Annie