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2. Analytic studies<br />

Purpose: to test hypotheses, about, for<br />

example:<br />

• causes <strong>of</strong> disease<br />

• methods for prevention <strong>of</strong> disease<br />

• the effects <strong>of</strong> treatments<br />

Experimental studies<br />

• the researcher intervenes <strong>and</strong> records the<br />

result <strong>of</strong> their intervention<br />

• the aim is to control all other factors to<br />

isolate the effects <strong>of</strong> the intervention<br />

• best way to study causation<br />

Observational studies<br />

• the investigator does not intervene, simply<br />

observes a naturally occurring process,<br />

<strong>and</strong> collects information<br />

• ideal is to get as close as possible to the<br />

information that would have been<br />

obtained if the experimental study could<br />

have been done<br />

17<br />

Section 1

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