Preferred Label : Study Design;
NCIt synonyms : Research Design; Experimental Design; Experiment Design;
NCIt related terms : designType;
NCIt definition : A plan detailing how a study will be performed in order to represent the phenomenon
under examination, to answer the research questions that have been asked, and defining
the methods of data analysis. Study design is driven by research hypothesis being
posed, study subject/population/sample available, logistics/resources: technology,
support, networking, collaborative support, etc.;
Alternative definition : CDISC-GLOSS: Plan for the precise procedure to be followed in a clinical trial, including
planned and actual timing of events, choice of control group, method of allocating
treatments, blinding methods; assigns a subject to pass through one or more epochs
in the course of a trial. specific design elements (e.g., crossover, parallel, dose-escalation)
[Modified from Pocock, Clinical Trials: a Practical approach] See Trial Design Model.
See also, arm, epoch, and visit.; CDISC: A plan detailing how a study will be performed in order to represent the phenomenon
under examination, to answer the research questions that have been asked, and informing
the statistical approach.;
Origin ID : C15320;
UMLS CUI : C0035171;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- concept_is_in_subset
