What Is Population Stratification

question 1

Multiple Choice

What is population stratification?

• A) Separation of a cohort into cases and controls
• B) Separation of a cohort by ethnicity
• C) A false positive association due to the presence of unrecognized subpopulations in a cohort
• D) The use of subsets of a cohort in both family-based and case-control association studies
• E) A false negative study due to heterogeneity in a cohort

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