The Condition in Which Uterine Tissue Grows Outside the Uterus

question 78

Short Answer

The condition in which uterine tissue grows outside the uterus is called ________.

Apply the concept of population proportion attributable risk to assess the impact of a risk factor on a population.

Understand and calculate the attributable risk to estimate the excess risk of disease associated with an exposure.

Understand the criteria necessary to establish a causal relationship between an exposure and a disease.

Identify factors that may confound the relationship between an exposure and a disease outcome.

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Definitions:

Construct Validity

The extent to which a test or instrument measures the theoretical construct it's intended to measure.

Experimenter Bias

The possibility that the experimenter’s knowledge of the condition a particular participant is in could affect her behavior toward the participant and thereby introduce a confounding variable to the independent variable manipulation.

Conceptual Replications

A method in scientific research where a study is conducted again with the same hypotheses but different methods or in different contexts to validate the original findings.

Random Assignment

A method used in experiments to assign participants to different groups in a way that each participant has an equal chance of being placed in any group.