Effects of participant preferences in unblinded randomized controlled trials

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-93

  Floyd, Anna H L ^a   Moyer, Anne ^b  

^a Klein Buendel   (Canada)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Participant; Preference; Psychomethodology; Randomization; Randomized controlled trial; Reactance; Unblinded

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953974707     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jer.2010.5.2.81     Document Type: Article

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