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Bio 432 Summer 2018

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A. Collection of data

1. What was the context of this study?

2. What were the objectives of this study?

3. What was the primary exposure of interest? Was this accurately measured?

4. What was the primary outcome of interest? Was this accurately measured?

5. What type of study was conducted?

6. Describe the source of the study population, process of selection, and ratio of

propositi to comparison of subjects.

7. Could there have been bias in the selection of the study subjects? How likely

was this bias?

8. Could there have been bias in the collection of information? How likely was

this bias?

9. What provisions were made to minimize the influence of confounding factors

prior to the analysis of data? Were these provisions sufficient?

B. Analysis of data

1. What methods were used to control confounding bias during data analysis?

2. What measures of association were reported in the study?

 3. What measures of statistical stability were reported in this study?

C. Interpretation of data

1. What were the major results of this study?

2. How is the interpretation of these results affected by information bias,

selection bias, and confounding? Discuss both the direction and magnitude of

any bias.

3. How is the interpretation of these results affected by nondifferential

misclassification? Discuss both the direction and magnitude of this

misclassification.

4. Did the discussion section adequately address the limitations of the study?

5. What were the authors’ main conclusions? Were they justified by the

findings?

6. To what larger population can the results of this study be generalized?

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