What is a mixed design?
A design that includes both between and within subject designs
What does JxK groups indicate about the research design?
Both between groups (JK groups)
What does (JxK) groups indicate about the research design?
Both within groups (JK repeats)
What does (J)xK groups indicate about the research design?
One within, one between groups (J repeats, K groups)
What is clinical equipoise?
A genuine lack of consensus in the expert community about whether the treatment is beneficial
Why do we have waitlist controls?
In a study where we don’t know the efficacy of a treatment we need to test it against people who are not receiving treatment. However, if the treatment is proven effective, it is unethical to withhold it from the people in the study. Hence why these people are in a waitlist control - if the treatment is effective, they will get it too
TLDR: ethical reasons