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SPHL 602 Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2024/2025
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SPHL 602 Exam 1 Questions & Answers2024/2025
Case Control - ANSWERSLooks at the outcome first to see if the exposure caused it.
Ecological - ANSWERSA study conducted over a geographic area (e.g. county). Uses secondary data
Prospective Cohort - ANSWERSStarts with the present and collects into the future. Follow up over long
period of time to see if the disease has developed
Retrospective Cohort - ANSWERSUses pre-existing secondary research data after the exposure has
occurred to see if the disease developed
Cross-sectional - ANSWERSA snapshot in time. A surve
Randomized Control Trial - ANSWERSHas a treatment group and a control group. Exposes the treatment
group to the exposure to see if outcome occurs.
Confounding Variables - ANSWERSConfounded need to be associated with both the exposure and
outcome
Negative Confounders - ANSWERSNegative confounders underestimate the true measure of association
Positive Confounders - ANSWERSPositive confounders overestimate the true measure of association
Magnitude of confounding (equation) - ANSWERS((RRcrude - RRadjusted) / (RRadjusted)) * (100)
If the difference is greater than 10% then we conclude there was confounding
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