Researchers are studying the effects of a new medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. A randomized group of 100 subjects is given the new medication 1st for 2 months, followed by a washout period of 2 weeks, and then administration of the gold standard medication for 2 months. Another randomized group of 100 subjects is given the gold standard medication 1st for 2 months, followed by a washout period of 2 weeks, and then administration of the new medication for 2 months. What is the main disadvantage of this study design?
AHawthorne effect
BIncreasing selection bias
CIncreasing confounding bias
DDecreasing power
ECarryover effect
A research team develops a new monoclonal antibody checkpoint inhibitor for advanced melanoma that has shown promise in animal studies as well as high efficacy and low toxicity in early phase human clinical trials. The research team would now like to compare this drug to existing standard of care immunotherapy for advanced melanoma. The research team decides to conduct a non-randomized study where the novel drug will be offered to patients who are deemed to be at risk for toxicity with the current standard of care immunotherapy, while patients without such risk factors will receive the standard treatment. Which of the following best describes the level of evidence that this study can offer?
ALevel 1
BLevel 3
CLevel 5
DLevel 4
ELevel 2
An investigator is measuring the blood calcium level in a sample of female cross country runners and a control group of sedentary females. If she would like to compare the means of the two groups, which statistical test should she use?
AChi-square test
BLinear regression
Ct-test
DANOVA (Analysis of Variance)
EF-test
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