A Researcher Studying Physician Behavior Is Interested in How Often

question 39

Multiple Choice

A researcher studying physician behavior is interested in how often primary care physicians take the sexual histories of patients during clinic visits.  As part of the study, patients who attend a primary care clinic are asked to fill out a questionnaire immediately following a visit with their physician.  Once the physicians become aware that their own behavior is being studied, which of the following is most likely to be a potential problem?

• A)Berkson's bias
• B)Hawthorne effect
• C)Lead-time bias
• D)Pygmalion effect
• E)Recall bias

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Definitions:

Line Angle Drawing

A simplified structural formula used in organic chemistry, where lines represent bonds between carbon atoms, and carbon and hydrogen atoms are often not shown for simplicity.

Projection

A method or technique for displaying the properties of something, often used in the context of displaying three-dimensional images on a two-dimensional surface or schematically representing molecules in chemistry.

Conformers

Different spatial arrangements of a molecule that result from the rotation around single bonds.

Energy

The capacity to do work, manifesting in forms like heat, light, motion, electrical, chemical energy, and more, fundamentally conserved in nature.