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1) Match the proper type of prevention strategy of confounding to its definition.
A. Separates the sample into groups defined by the confounder during analysis.
B. Uses statistical approaches to adjust for the confounder in a model.
C. Attempts to control for confounding by pairing cases and control on the potential confounding variable.
D. Attempts to prohibit variation of the confounder in the study sample.
E. Attempts to ensure equal distributions of the confounding variable in each exposure category.
1. Randomization
2. Restriction
3. Matching
4. Stratification
5. Multivariable Techniques
2) Match each of the different measures to their definition.
A. Measures the benefit to the population derived by modifying a risk factor
B. Measures the proportion of the disease in the exposed group that is due to the exposure
C. The proportion of the outcome that would be eliminated by removing the specific risk factor from the population
D. Compares the incidence in the exposed to the incidence in the unexposed as a ratio
E. Difference between the incidence in the exposed and the incidence in the unexposed
1. Attributable Risk
2. Population Attributable Risk
3. Relative Risk
4. Attributable Risk Percent
5. Population Attributable Risk Percent
Answer:
1) Match the proper type of prevention strategy of confounding to its definition.
2) Match each of the different measures to their definition.