Glossary
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Question: (Last edited: Friday, 31 July 2020, 9:51 PM)Research | |||
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Answer: A systematic attempt to develop new knowledge. | |||
Question: (Last edited: Friday, 31 July 2020, 9:50 PM)Remuneration | |||
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Question: (Last edited: Friday, 31 July 2020, 9:50 PM)Reliance agreement | |||
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Answer: an agreement between two institutions in which one institution agrees to oversee human subjects research for the other institution for a particular study or group of studies. | |||
Question: (Last edited: Friday, 31 July 2020, 9:49 PM)Regulation | |||
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Answer: 1. A type of law developed and implemented by a government agency. 2. The process of regulating or controlling some activity. | |||
Question: (Last edited: Friday, 31 July 2020, 9:49 PM)Randomized controlled trial (RCT) | |||
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Answer: an experiment, such as a clinical trial, in which subjects are randomly assigned to receive an experimental intervention or a control. | |||
Question: (Last edited: Friday, 31 July 2020, 9:48 PM)Randomization | |||
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Answer: a process for randomly assigning subjects to different treatment groups in a clinical trial or other biomedical experiment. | |||
Question: (Last edited: Friday, 31 July 2020, 9:48 PM)Questionable research practices (QRPs) | |||
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Answer: research practices that are regarded by many as unethical but are not considered to be research misconduct. Duplicate publication and Honorary authorship are considered by many to be QRPs. | |||
Question: (Last edited: Friday, 31 July 2020, 9:47 PM)Quality control/quality assurance | |||
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Answer: processes for planning, conducting, monitoring, overseeing, and auditing an activity (such as research) to ensure that it meets appropriate standards of quality. | |||
Question: (Last edited: Friday, 31 July 2020, 9:47 PM)Publication bias | |||
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Answer: bias related to the tendency publish or not publish certain types of research. For example, some studies have documented a bias toward publishing positive results. | |||