Class: ObservationalStudy
observational study draws inferences about the possible effect of a treatment on subjects, where the assignment of subjects into a treated group versus a control group is outside the control of the investigator
Parents
- is_a: Experiment - An experiment is an investigation that has the goal of verifying, falsifying, or establishing the validity of a hypothesis.
Children
- ControlledObservationalCohortStudy - In a controlled observational cohort study, two groups of subjects are selected from two populations that are thought to differ in only one characteristic. The groups of subjects are studied for a specific period and contrasted at the end of the study period.
Referenced by Class
Attributes
Inherited from Experiment:
- hasCreator 0..1
- Description: has creator is a relation between an entity and that which created it.
- Range: Entity
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hasAttribute 0..1
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Description: has attribute is a relation that associates a entity with an attribute where an attribute is an intrinsic characteristic such as a quality, capability, disposition, function, or is an externally derived attribute determined from some descriptor (e.g. a quantity, position, label/identifier) either directly or indirectly through generalization of entities of the same type.
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Range: Entity
- satisfies 0..1
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Description: satisfies is a relation between an entity and the specification or objective that it conforms to.
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Range: Description
- isRelatedTo 0..1
- Description: A is related to B iff there is some relation between A and B.
- Range: Entity
- hasParticipant 0..1
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Description: has participant is a relation that describes the participation of the object in the (processual) subject.
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Range: Entity
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