Which of the following is a strategy to control for confounding in the design phase of a study?
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When creating a bar chart, the decision to use vertical or horizontal bars is usually based on:
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Vital statistics provide an archive of certain health data. These data do not become surveillance data until they are analyzed, interpreted, and disseminated with the intent of influencing public health decision-making or action.
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Which of the following statements is true about a highly sensitive test?
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What is the purpose of surveillance in epidemiology?
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What is the main difference between a cohort study and a case-control study?
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Why should an investigator who has no clinical background nonetheless talk to a patient or two as an early step in the outbreak investigation? (Choose one wrong answer)
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Exposure of nonsmokers to secondhand cigarette smoke may result in all the following EXCEPT
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Given the area under a normal curve, which two of the following ranges are the same? (Circle the TWO that are the same.)
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The most prevalent mental health disorder in young children is
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What type of study design involves observing a population at a single point in time?
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Factors that are more characteristic of childhood-onset asthma than adult-onset asthma include
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Which of the following best describes the concept of 'herd immunity'?
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A researcher wanted to engage in the best possible research design to obtain reliable information about the possible cause(s) of a disease. Which design would the researcher choose?
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In a cross-sectional study, the data is collected:
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Recommended methods for creating categories for continuous variables include: (Choose one wrong answer)
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The incidence of skin cancer
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Epidemiological measures of effect assess the between an exposure and an outcome.
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Studies of attempted (unsuccessful) suicide have shown which of the following?
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Evaluating and improving surveillance should address which of the following? (Choose one wrong answer)
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Which of the following statements about valvular heart disease is true?
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The principle of 'beneficence' in research ethics refers to:
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Compared with the general population, all the following patients are at an increased risk of folate deficiency EXCEPT
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What is the primary disadvantage of using a highly specific test for screening purposes?
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The 'Bradford Hill criteria' are used to:
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Rheumatologic conditions associated with occupational exposures include all the following EXCEPT
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For the cruise ship scenario described in Question 7, if you suspected that the norovirus may have been transmitted by ice made or served aboard ship, how might you display 'place'? (Choose one best answer)
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How is 'mortality rate' defined?
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A daycare center asked the nurse to come because they had several children out as a result of chickenpox. Which statement should the nurse make to the staff?
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A key feature of a cross-sectional study is that: (Choose one wrong answer)
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Epidemiology, as defined in this lesson, would include which of the following activities? (Choose one wrong answer)
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In a particular community, the rate of new cases of diabetes and the rate of new cases of flu during the month of January were precisely the same. Which disease would have the higher prevalence rate?
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What is the purpose of a case definition in epidemiology?
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Correct statements concerning breast-feeding include which of the following?
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The mode is the value that:
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Which of the following statements best describes the incidence of suicide?
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