HSC 404 Final Exam (Ch 9-13, 15-16) | Questions with Verified Answers
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HSC 404 Final Exam (Ch 9-13, 15-16) | Questions with Verified Answers The strategy which is not aimed at reducing selection bias is: A. Development of an explicit case definition B. Standardized protocol for structured interviews C. Enrollment of all cases in a defined time and region D. Encoura...
The strategy which is not aimed at reducing selection bias is:
A. Development of an explicit case definition
B. Standardized protocol for structured interviews
C. Enrollment of all cases in a defined time and region
D. Encouragement of high participation rates
Recall bias is most likely to occur in:
A. Case control studies
B. Prospective cohort studies
C. Experimental studies
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
The purpose of a double-blind study is to:
A. Reduce the effects of sampling variation
B. Avoid observer bias and sampling variation
C. Achieve comparability of cases and controls
D. Avoid observer and interviewee bias
E. Avoid interviewee bias and sampling variation
In a study to determine the incidence of chronic disease, 150 people were examined at
the end of a three-year period. Twelve cases were found, giving a cumulative risk of
8%. Fifty other members of the initial cohort could not be examined; 20 of these 50
could not be examined because they died.
Which source of bias may have affected the study?
A. Information bias: interviewer/abstractor bias
B. Hawthorne Effect
C. Selection bias: survival bias
D. Information bias: recall bias
Which of the following is not a type of selection bias in cohort studies:
A. Loss to follow-up
B. None of the above
, C. Healthy worker effect
D. Interviewer bias
Surgeons at Hospital A report that the mortality rate at the end of a one-year follow-up
after a new coronary bypass procedure is 15%. At Hospital B, the surgeons report a
one-year mortality rate of 8% for the same procedure. Before concluding that the
surgeons at Hospital B have vastly superior skill, which of the following possible
confounders would you examine?
A. The severity (stage) of the disease of the patients at the two hospitals at baseline
B. The starting point of the one-year follow-up at both hospitals
C. Different in the post-operative care at the two hospitals
D. Equally through follow-up for mortality
E. All of the above
Which of the following is not a method for controlling the effects of confounding in
epidemiologic studies?
A. Matching
B. Randomization
C. Stratification
D. Restriction
E. Blinding
An epidemiologic experiment is performed in which one group is exposed to a
suspected factor and the other is not. All individuals with an odd hospital admission
number are assigned to the second group.
The main purpose of this procedure is to:
A. Prevent observer bias with respect to the factor
B. Prevent observer bias with respect to the outcome
C. Improve the likelihood that the two groups will be comparable with regard to known
and unknown confounding factors.
D. Ensure a double-blind study
E. Guarantee comparability of the two groups with regard to other relevant factors
You are investigating the role of physical activity in heart disease and suggest that
physical activity protects against having a heart attack. While presenting these data to
your colleagues, someone asks if you have thought about confounders such as factor
X.
This factor X could have confounded your interpretation of the data if it:
A. Is a factor associated with physical activity and heart disease
B. Is a factor for some other disease, but not heart disease
C. Has caused a lack of follow-up of test subjects
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