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Evidence Based Practice

Study Designs

Question Types & Study Designs

For each type of question, there are corresponding study designs that will help answer those questions. See the chart below for quick reference. Please note that all clinical questions can be answered from a well designed. systematic review or meta-analysis, if available, but some question types do not always lend themselves to those particular studies. 

Common Study Designs & Example

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