Select the Best Description of a Case-Control Study Design

question 4

Multiple Choice

Select the best description of a case-control study design.

• A) Examines relationships between a risk factor and a disease outcome at the population level
• B) Creates a "snapshot" of an existing disease and factors that may be associated
• C) Used to determine potential exposures in relation to a disease outcome; a group with the disease is recruited and compared to an equivalent group without disease
• D) Examines relationships between an exposure and a disease outcome at the population level; subjects are followed over time and information on exposures is collected prior to the development of disease
• E) Applies a controlled intervention to test the effect in prevention or treatment of disease; investigators assign who receives treatment and what treatment is given

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Definitions:

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A thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance.

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