Study Designs

A video lecture providing an introductory overview of study designs covering both observational and experimental designs:

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What this resource offers

This 45-minute seminar presentation on different types of studies clearly provides:

  • Definitions.
  • Pros and cons.
  • The main differences between various observational and experimental studies. 
  • Simple examples for the most common observational study designs, e.g., cohort study, case-control study and cross-sectional study.

Who created it

Kyoungmi Kim, PhD, professor of biostatistics at the University of California-Davis School of Medicine.