4.

Were the controls selected in

an acceptable way?
Kho maaf kalo inggrisnya aneh, sama
nomer 2 aku ga tau
1. were the control representative of a defined
population (geographically and/or
temporally)?
• The researcher had exclude several mothers
who were not speaking Norwegian, because
that can be they were temporally population.
2. Was there something special about the
controls?
• Ratio
case:control = 1:2 in cleft lip with or without
cleft palate
case:control = 1:4 in cleft palate only
3. was the non-response high? Could non-
respondents be different in any way?
• The non response was low, and the response
was high. The journal explain that folic acid
can reduce the risk of cleft lift, but it was not
explain folic acid totally diminished the cleft
lips.
4. are they matched, population based or
randomly selected?
• Yes, they are matched and randomly selected
from the data.
• 5. was there a sufficient number of controls
selected?
• No. if we count the number of case and
controls, then count into ratio, the results are
different.