Study Design — Flashcards

When using Hardy-Weinberg population genetics, p2, 2pq, and q2 represent _____ frequencies

Which of the listed three demographics count the mortality of the following cancers as their top 3 most fatal in the United States? _____

Hint: Men, Women, or Children (age 0-14)?

Migration bias can be remedied with the _____ or the Best / Worst Case analysis

How are prevalence and incidence related? _____

Migration (attrition) bias is a form of selection bias that occurs when patients drop out of the study _____

What equation is used to calculate allele frequency when using Hardy-Weinberg population genetics? _____

Is IDR a dynamic measure? _____

An Attack Rate is a special type of _____ that is the (# of people affected)/(# of people at risk at beginning of time period)

What type of studies assess the frequency of a given characteristic and a given outcome using population data? _____

Confounding Bias can be reduced by RANDOMIZATION, but other important interventions include: - _____ of exposure groups - crossover studies - restriction of characteristics - multiple / repeated studies