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Observational study
Study with uncontrolled variable of interest
Observational study
An observational study is a type of research design in which outcomes are measured to identify patterns or associations without attempts by the investigator to manipulate variables or conditions. Observational studies are commonly used in fields such as medicine, epidemiology, psychology, sociology, and statistics. Observational studies are one of two types of clinical study design, which can be either experimental or observational. In an experimental study, particularly a randomized controlled trial (RTC), test subjects are randomly assigned to either a treatment group (who receive the intervention or treatment being studied, i.e. the independent variable) or a control group (who do not), and the researcher compares the outcomes of the two groups. By contrast, in an observational study, the researcher does not determine the assignment of subjects, and there may not be a control group; if there is a control group, assignment of the independent variable is not under the control of...
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