whether cross-sectional, retrospective, or prospective is used. Rats with cancer are divided into two groups. One group receives 5 mg f mediation that is thought to fight cancer, and the other receives 10 mg. After 2 years, the spread of the cancer is measured.

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  1. Rats with cancer are divided into two groups. One group receives 5 mg f mediation that is thought to fight

cancer, and the other receives 10 mg. After 2 years, the spread of the cancer is measured.

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Here ask to find which study is used here whether it is cross-sectional or retrospective and prospective.

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Cross-sectional study design:

Cross-sectional studies is an observational study design. In the cross-sectional study, variables are observed without affecting them.

Prospective study design:

It is a type of cohort study which is observational. 

In a prospective study design, a specific sample is followed over a particular period in order to estimate the outcome from the reasons.  
The researchers will observe subjects without manipulating any variables or interfering with their environment.
Example: Female nurses who smoke and rest who do not smoke compare them such as lung cancer.
 

Retrospective study:

This design compares two groups of people with a certain disease under study and a group of people who do not have the disease.

The retrospective design is a type of cohort study, also known as a historical cohort study, that is carried out present time and goes back to the past to examine medical history.

Retrospective studies compare the outcome of diagnostic and treatment methods.

 

 

 

 

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