The Perry Preschool Program and the Prenatal Early Infancy Project

question 15

True/False

The Perry Preschool Program and the Prenatal Early Infancy project are examples of high-risk programs because they focus on individuals who are already at a disadvantage for having problems (due to low SES, unemployment, etc.).

Calculate incidence rates in cohort studies.

Interpret the effect of exposures on health outcomes using relative risk.

Differentiate between absolute risk and relative risk.

Calculate and interpret odds ratios in unmatched and matched case-control study designs.

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False Belief Tasks

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