Problem: How can a person respond to this statement?
When reading a media report you should look for the six elements. Variables, associations, sampling, random selection, random assignments and blinding. Let me explain what each one is a variable in research can be referred to a person, place, thing or phenomenon that you are trying to measure in some way. Associations are statistical relationships between two variables. Sampling is a selection of a subset population of interest in a research study. Random selection is a form of sampling where are representative groups of research participants are selected from a large group by chance. Random assignment is a procedure used in experiment to create multiple study groups that include participants with similar characteristics so the groups are equivalent at the beginning of the study. Blinding refers to concealment of group allocation from one or more individuals involved in a clinical research study. I would say to find out more information on a study you would have to find a different story same title and compare each one. I would say knowing who funded the research is something that is good to know because it helps you see if there is bias in play.