Study Design — Flashcards

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

In the United States, which demographic has the following top 3 causes of cancer mortality? 1. Lung 2. Breast 3. Colorectal _____

Hint: Men, Women, or Children?

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

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

How are prevalence and incidence related? _____

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? _____

Selection bias is an error introduced in _____ that occurs due to a(n) nonrandom sampling or treatment allocation of subjects