6. Types of Descriptive Studies

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Descriptive studies, as the name implies, describe conditions or diseases. In particular, descriptive studies identify patterns in person, place, and time. These types of study involve no comparison group. They are merely descriptive. The most basic types are: a case report, a case series, an incidence study and a cross-sectional study and are briefly described in the following.