The nurse is participating in a clinical drug trial comparing two drugs for migraine headaches. Each group is randomly assigned to either drug A or drug B and then switched to the other drug group before being asked to compare the effects
This is an example of which type of study?
a. Crossover design
b. Double-blind experimental design
c. Matched pair design
d. Quasi-experimental design
ANS: A
A crossover design uses each subject in several different situations. In this case, subjects receive both drugs and then compare the effects.
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