1. In what type of study design does the subject serve as his own control?
2. Describe in your own words the characteristics of a case-control study.
Example Study Scenario: The health records of the University of Atlanta football team from 1990 were examined in 2010 to see if their recorded height and weight at the time of their football career in 1990 was related to the development of high cholesterol by 2015.
3. What type of study is this?
4. Create an example study scenario similar to the one above that would describe a prospective cohort study.
Example Study Scenario: In a study that began in 1950, a group of 5,000 teens in Kansas were asked about cigarette smoking. The occurrence of cases of lung cancer between 1990 and 2000 was studied in this group.
5. What type of study is this?
6. Create an example study scenario that would describe a cross-sectional study.
7. Explain the concept of a selection bias and give an example of selection bias that could occur in a case-control study.
8. Explain the concept of information bias and give an example of information bias that could occur in a case-control study.
9. What is matching and why is it a concern in case-control studies?
10. Summarize the study design, sampling, and purpose of the Framingham Study.
1. In what type of study design does the subject serve as his own control?
2. Describe in your own words the characteristics of a case-control study.
Example Study Scenario: The health records of the University of Atlanta football team from 1990 were examined in 2010 to see if their recorded height and weight at the time of their football career in 1990 was related to the development of high cholesterol by 2015.
3. What type of study is this?
4. Create an example study scenario similar to the one above that would describe a prospective cohort study.
Example Study Scenario: In a study that began in 1950, a group of 5,000 teens in Kansas were asked about cigarette smoking. The occurrence of cases of lung cancer between 1990 and 2000 was studied in this group.
5. What type of study is this?
6. Create an example study scenario that would describe a cross-sectional study.
7. Explain the concept of a selection bias and give an example of selection bias that could occur in a case-control study.
8. Explain the concept of information bias and give an example of information bias that could occur in a case-control study.
9. What is matching and why is it a concern in case-control studies?
10. Summarize the study design, sampling, and purpose of the Framingham Study.
