What did you find most interesting and/or thought provoking in chapters 6, 7 & 8?
- Compare and contrast the difference between experimental, quasi-experimental, and observational studies.
- Compare ecological, cross-sectional, and case-control studies with respect to their strengths and weaknesses, and advantages and disadvantages?
- Explain cohort and cohort effect.
- What are some cohort’s that you are a part of? What is the effect of those cohorts on you?
- Compare and contrast population-based and exposure-based cohort studies.
- Take a look at Table 7-6 Examples of Major Cohort Studies, which of the studies listed seems the most interesting and useful to you? Why?
- Explain what is meant by the term relative risk and explain how it is used in cohort studies.
- In the hierarchy of study designs why is Experimental Study ranked highest and Anecdote ranked lowest?
- What is an example of anecdotal evidence that you have been told by a friend or family member?