ERIC: Case Controlled Studies

Question 1

Case control study

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study used to determine if an association between an exposure and a specific heath outcome

Question 2

Base sampling also called

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case base sampling

Question 3

Base sampling def

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This sampling involves using controls selected from the source population such that every person has the same chance of being included as a control.

Question 4

Cumulative density sampling also called

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Survivor sampling

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Cumulative density sampling def

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When controls are sampled from those people who

remained free of the health outcome at the end of follow- up

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incidence density sampling also called

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risk set sampling

Question 7

incidence density sampling def

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when controls are selected from the at-risk source population at the same time as cases occur (controls must be eligible to become a case if the health outcome develops in the control at a later time during the period of observation)

Question 8

Case control study are most effective for

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rare diseases

Question 9

antecedent: consequence bias

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when you conclude that a second thing is caused by a first thing because the first thing came before the second thing

Question 10

survivor bias

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concentrating on the people or things that made it past some selection process and overlooking those that did not, typically because of their lack of visibility.

Question 11

recall bias

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when participants (relying on memory to give self-report misrepresent what events/experiences

is a systematic error caused by differences in the accuracy or completeness of the recollections retrieved (“recalled”) by study participants regarding events or experiences from the past.

Question 12

selection bias

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the selection of individuals, groups or data for analysis in such a way that proper randomization is not achieved