Match the Descriptor with the Correct Term

question 24

Multiple Choice

Match the descriptor with the correct term. Not all descriptors may be used.
-Selection bias

• A)Faulty memory
• B)The tendency to select persons under frequent medical care
• C)The tendency to ask questions differently or probe more if it is known that the person has the disease
• D)Quantifies the amount of risk due to a certain characteristic IRe-IRo
• E)The ability of a test instrument to measure what it is supposed to measure
• F)Identified by pre-existing records developed in the past
• G)Accumulated period of time each person is in the study
• H)Percent of all true noncases correctly identified
• I)Percent of all true cases correctly identified
• J)Reliability between more than one research assistant or observer
• K)Examples: all new employees within a hospital, all new students in the first grade
• L)The tendency for a certain disease to get a different opinion by different evaluators

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