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healthy participant effect

healthy participant effect proper noun: a skewing of data in randomized medical studies that occurs when healthy participants are less likely to drop out of the study than sicker patients.

Proper noun

healthy participant effect

  1. A skewing of data in randomized medical studies that occurs when healthy participants are less likely to drop out of the study than sicker patients.

Questions about healthy participant effect

What does healthy participant effect mean?
Healthy participant effect means a skewing of data in randomized medical studies that occurs when healthy participants are less likely to drop out of the study than sicker patients.
What part of speech is healthy participant effect?
Healthy participant effect is a proper noun.

Words near healthy participant effect in the dictionary

  1. healthwise
  2. healthworker
  3. healthworkers
  4. healthy
  5. healthy as a horse
  6. healthy participant effect
  7. healthy user bias
  8. healthy user biases
  9. healthy worker bias
  10. healthy worker biases
  11. healthyish

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