Across
- 4. The beneficial effect produced by a placebo, that cannot be attributed to the properties of the placebo itself and must therefore be due to the patient's belief in that treatment.
- 5. The group that actually receives real treatment.
- 6. An experimental study that is done in such a way that the patients or subjects do not know if they are receiving the placebo or the actual treatment but the researcher does know which subjects are receiving. This is done to ensure that results are not affected by the placebo effect.
- 7. A way to model random events in a statistical study, such that simulated outcomes closely match real-world outcomes in a safer or more efficient way.
- 10. This type of study attempts to understand a cause and effect relationship. The researcher usually selects groups form the population and assigns treatment to one or more groups. The researcher also commonly uses a control group that receives a placebo.
Down
- 1. This type of study attempts to understand a cause and effect relationship but the researcher is not able to control how the groups are assigned or the treatment each group receives. The researcher also usually attempts to minimize any influence the study may have on the subject.
- 2. An experimental study that is done in such a way that both the primary researcher and the subjects (patients) do not know which subjects are receiving the placebo or the actual treatment. This is done to ensure the results are not affected by a placebo effect and also help ensure that the researcher doesn't have bias to the control group.
- 3. A study that selects a subset of the population to estimate the characteristics of the whole population.
- 8. The group that receives a fake treatment, called a placebo.
- 9. A study that uses counts or measures of the entire population.