Talk:Study design

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I think the introductory sentence is too scientific. It will be better if layman terms can be used.

Contents 1 Please use the discussion page to comment on the articles. 2 Potential Merger 3 Inappropriate title - suggest "Epidemiological study designs" 4 Research Design

[edit] Please use the discussion page to comment on the articles.

User:65.96.168.157 added the following passage to the article: "The current author of this page states: "Some of the most popular designs are sorted below, with the ones at the top being the most powerful at reducing observer-expectancy effect (but also most expensive, and in some cases introducing ethical concerns) and the ones at the bottom being the most affordable." However, experimental designs are, in my mind, most well known for allowing the researcher to control the conditions in treatment/sample and control/comparison groups - not just the so-called observer-expectancy effect (which I do not beleive to be in the mainstream of social science research design literature, to my knowledge - could be wrong). I have a PhD in health services research and health policy and I teach research methods, so I encourage the Wiki editors to look into this. Thanks!" Since this does obviously not belong to the article I've moved it to this page. Please use the discussion page to comment on articles. Falk Lieder 16:54, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Potential Merger

While I like the content on this page, it could be applied to a much wider scope of studies, as implied by the page name, which implies a general scope. I also note that Design of experiments exists, and contains a lot of non-overlapping material. Perhaps one or other of these pages (possibly even the currently redirected Research design) would be a good home to a combined page? --Limegreen 22:58, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Inappropriate title - suggest "Epidemiological study designs"

The title is too vague - study design could refer to many different disciplines - all the designs mentioned are epidemiological study designs, and I think this would be a more sensible title.

Astaines 20:25, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Research Design

The term "research design" has a much broader meaning than discussed in this article. This article is about a specific type of study in epidemiology. The term "research design" can refer to research in all of the sciences, in the social sciences, and in other fields as well. I have designed research published in reputable scientific journals. I'm not a "layman".Richard Dates 18:36, 17 May 2007 (UTC)