Chapter 1 ( Epidemiology ) Flashcards
1
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Using only hospital records to estimate population prevalence ?
A
Berkson bias
2
Q
Subjects behavior is altered because they are being studied , which only a factor when there is no control group in a prospective study ?
A
Hawthorne effect
3
Q
When there is experimenter expectancy , experimenters expectations are inadvertently communicated to subjects who then produce the desired expectations ?
A
Pygmalion effect
4
Q
Confidence interval ?
A
= study result +- [ Z score x ( SD/ square root of n ) ]
5
Q
Confidence interval ?
A
= study result +- [ Z score x ( SD/ square root of n ) ]
6
Q
Confidence interval ?
A
= study result +- [ Z score x ( SD/ square root of n ) ]