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by the end of followup. In a densitysampled casecontrol study, cases and controls should berepresentative of the persontime contributed by members of the source population, but they do notneed to be representative of everyone with and without the disease respectively (B and C areincorrect) Likewise, in a cumulative incidence sampled casecontrol study, cases and controls shouldbe representative of the people in the source population, but they do not need to be representative ofeveryone with and without the disease respectively (B and C are incorrect). Consider, for example, ascenario in which you are interested in studying breast cancer. You may choose to restrict to femalecases, even though men can develop breast cancer. Enrolling only women is valid, so long as thesource population from which they are drawn consists only of women. D is incorrect because controlsare sampled precisely because they do not have the outcome of interest at the time they are selectedas a control.1 / 1 ptsQuestion 7You are conducting a casecontrol study investigating whether time of day is associated with the incidence ofbacterial infections as a complication of surgical procedures among patients who underwent an operationperformed at a particular hospital. Would this study involve a primary or secondary study base?Correct!Correct!
9/15/2018Quiz 2 – DAGs / Case-control design: EPI 201: Introduction to Epidemiology: Methods I9/101 / 1 ptsQuestion 8Suppose the 4 people listed below are participants in a previously established cohort. You wish to conduct acasecohort study using this population. Which subject has the greatest chance of being selected for yoursubcohort?
9/15/2018Quiz 2 – DAGs / Case-control design: EPI 201: Introduction to Epidemiology: Methods I10/10Correct!Correct!Quiz Score:8out of 8