What was your question again? Types of medical studies

Daniel C. Jupiter

doi:10.1053/j.jfas.2013.06.002

What was your question again? Types of medical studies

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Abstract

Medical literature comes in all shapes and sizes, from animal studies to prospective clinical trials to retrospective chart reviews. In all of these cases, it is worth asking: What are the intellectual goals of the study: description, hypothesis testing, or hypothesis generating? This differentiation can help shape our view of the success or failure of the scientific effort.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	388-389
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume	53
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jfas.2013.06.002
State	Published - May 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Data exploration
Hypothesis generation
Hypothesis testing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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What was your question again? Types of medical studies

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