What is an analogue study? What will be an ideal ...

[tfester]

What is an analogue study?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

One criticism of diagnostic labels is that
 
  a. they can influence both other people's and the diagnosed person's perception of themselves in negative ways.
  b. there are so many different systems of diagnosis that it is hard to understand what an individual diagnosis means.
  c. the DSM-5 wording is so complicated to use that few people are able to use it well.
  d. they make other information unnecessary, so restrict the type of services that insurance will cover.

[zogaridan]

Answer to Question 1

A study of an approximation of the real thing in which the researcher is interested. Often done if studying the real thing is difficult or it would be unethical to manipulate the variables of interest.

Answer to Question 2

a. they can influence both other people's and the diagnosed person's perception of themselves in negative ways.