hierarchy of study designscausalityblindingrandomizationphases of clinical trialsrandomized controlled trialsexperimental studiescohort studiescase-control studiesecological studiescross-sectionalcase seriescase reportanalytical studiesdescriptive studiesobservational studiesepidemiological study designs
hierarchy of study designscausalityblindingrandomizationphases of clinical trialsrandomized controlled trialsexperimental studiescohort studiescase-control studiesecological studiescross-sectionalcase seriescase reportanalytical studiesdescriptive studiesobservational studiesepidemiological study designs