Epidemiology Review III

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1. Mortality in studies refers to

Experimental group will leak information to the control group.

More people with certain characteristics then another.

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2. What is selection bias

Experimental group will leak information to the control group.

More people with certain characteristics then another.

Using two or more different instruments to observe an outcome (randomization).

3. Instrumentation used in studies are

Using two or more different instruments to observe an outcome (randomization).

More people with certain characteristics then another. experimental group will leak information to the control group.

More people with certain characteristics then another.

4. Contamination is the

Experimental group will leak information to the control group.

5. Placebo effect is when

Belief that treatment will improve for them (subjects).

6. What does history mean in Epidemiology

Third variable that related to the exposure and the outcome.

An event in time that effects the outcome of your results (help to avoid randomization).

7. What is the definition of a Confounder

An event in time that effects the outcome of your results (help to avoid randomization).

Third variable that related to the exposure and the outcome.

8. Maturation is

People get older and wiser as time goes on (randomization).

People just get better at taking tests over time.

9. The hawthorne effect is when

Belief that treatment will improve for them (subjects).

10. When we refer to testing we mean

People get older and wiser as time goes on (randomization).

It is the best because if the sensitivity test correctly identifies all potential cases as either negative or positive.

People just get better at taking tests over time.

11. What are three External Threats to validity

Hawthorne Effect

Confounders

Social Desirability

Mortality

The Placebo Effect

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12. Social desirability is when

Social Desirability

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