Category: E

Evidence derived from controlled research designed to test the validity of a hypothesis: descriptive evidence; epidemiological evidence.  

That phase of epidemiology  that analyses prospective studies and retrospective studies.  

The distortions in the outcome of a study that are produced when the investigator communicates subtly and perhaps unconsciously how a subject should behave.  

A study in which researchers manipulate one or more variables to determine its effect upon the subject’s response. A scientific test conducted under set conditions.  

Changes in a person’s knowledge, values, and skills resulting from participation in a variety of learning experiences, experiential teaching.  

The provision of activities that are realistic, involve multiple senses, and require the learner to participate fully, effectively, physically, and cognitively.  

A system of collecting insurance premiums on the basis of actual or anticipated use. A method of establishing premiums for health insurance in which the premium is based on the average cost of actual or anticipated health care used by various groups and subgroups of subscribers and thus varies with the health experience of groups…

In labor relations, arbitrators from a preselected list are instantly available to hear grievances and render quick decisions.  

A measurement of the anticipated value of some event is determined by multiplying the income an event would produce by its probability of making that income.  

An aspect of cognitive theory relative to the acquisition of knowledge of what leads to what.