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Unit 1 - Basic course in Biomedical Research : Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun
2020)
Course outline
Assignment 5: Descriptive study
designs
Basic course in
Biomedical
Research : Cycle 2
(Mar-Jun 2020) Your last recorded submission was on 2020-04-06, 20:33 IST Due date: 2020-06-30, 23:59 IST.
Lecture 1: 1) A researcher can assess the following by conducting a descriptive study EXCEPT 1 point
Introduction to
health research a) Population in which the disease was prevalent
(unit? b) Period in which the disease occurred
unit=1&lesson=2)
c) Risk factors of the disease
Quiz : Assignment d) Place distribution of the disease
1: Introduction to
health research 2) The following study design provides group exposure and group response/outcome without 1 point
(assessment? knowing the individual exposure and response for a specific health problem
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a) Ecological study
Lecture 2:
Formulating b) Cross sectional survey
research question c) Case report
(unit?
d) Case series
unit=1&lesson=3)
3) Which of the following study design will be helpful if the department of health wants to know the 1 point
Quiz : Assignment
2: Formulating burden of a particular disease?
research question
(assessment? a) Ecological study
name=57) b) Cross sectional survey
Lecture 3: c) Case series
Literature review d) Case report
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=4) 4) A clinician comes across an unusual presentation of a particular neurological disorder. If the 1 point
clinician describes this single case in detail and publishes the same in a journal, then it will be called
Quiz : Assignment a) Analytical study
3: Literature review
b) Case report
(assessment?
name=61) c) Cross sectional survey
d) Ecological study
Lecture 4:
Measures of 5) The advantage of an ecological study is that 1 point
disease frequency
(unit? a) It is analytical in nature
unit=1&lesson=5)
b) It will cover individual level information on risk factors and disease
Quiz : Assignment c) It will be useful to test hypotheses
4: Measures of
disease frequency
d) It will be useful to generate hypotheses
(assessment?
6) In a tertiary care hospital, a surgeon collected information on quality of life and outcome among a 1 point
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small group of (about 15) post-operative patients after using a novel surgical device. But this is not sufficient
Lecture 5: to establish the efficacy of the surgical device because
Descriptive study
designs (unit? a) There is no comparison group
unit=1&lesson=6) b) There is no information of risk factors
Quiz : c) We do not have details of the outcome
Assignment 5:
d) We do not have individual level data
Descriptive study
designs 7) Population census is a 1 point
(assessment?
name=78) a) Cross sectional survey
Lecture 6: b) Ecological study
Analytical study c) Analytical study
designs (unit?
d) None of the above
unit=1&lesson=7)
Quiz : Assignment
8) One of the major limitations of a cross-sectional study is that 1 point
6: Analytical study
designs
a) It is time consuming
(assessment? b) It has lower validity
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c) It does not establish disease etiology
Lecture 7: d) It requires a large sample size
Experimental study
designs: Clinical 9) Characteristic of a cross sectional study is that 1 point
trials (unit?
unit=1&lesson=8) a) We can calculate the incidence of a disease
b) We can test a hypotheses
Quiz : Assignment
7: Experimental c) It is difficult to conduct
study designs d) Exposure and outcome are assessed at the same time
(assessment?
name=62) 10)If a researcher wishes to estimate the incidence of Myocardial infarction cases among a group of 1 point
women using oral contraceptive pills followed up for 10year, the researcher has to carry out
Lecture 8: Validity
of epidemiological
a) Case series
studies (unit?
unit=1&lesson=9) b) Cohort study
c) Cross sectional study
Quiz : Assignment
8: Validity of d) Ecological study
epidemiological
studies
You may submit any number of times before the due date. The final submission will be considered for grading.
(assessment? Submit Answers
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Lecture 9:
Qualitative
research methods:
An overview (unit?
unit=1&lesson=10)
Quiz : Assignment
9: Qualitative
research methods
(assessment?
name=80)
Lecture 10:
Measurement of
study variables
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=11)
Quiz : Assignment
10: Measurement
of study variables
(assessment?
name=72)
Lecture 11:
Sampling methods
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=12)
Quiz : Assignment
11: Sampling
methods
(assessment?
name=71)
Lecture 12:
Calculating sample
size and power
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=13)
Quiz : Assignment
12: Calculating
sample size and
power
(assessment?
name=70)
Lecture 13:
Selection of study
population (unit?
unit=1&lesson=14)
Quiz : Assignment
13: Selection of
study population
(assessment?
name=76)
Lecture 14: Study
plan and project
management
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=15)
Quiz : Assignment
14: Study plan and
project
management
(assessment?
name=63)
Lecture 15:
Designing data
collection tools
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=16)
Quiz : Assignment
15: Designing data
collection tool
(assessment?
name=64)
Lecture 16:
Principles of data
collection (unit?
unit=1&lesson=17)
Quiz : Assignment
16: Principles of
data collection
(assessment?
name=65)
Lecture 17: Data
management
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=18)
Quiz : Assignment
17: Data
management
(assessment?
name=66)
Lecture 18:
Overview of data
analysis (unit?
unit=1&lesson=19)
Quiz : Assignment
18: Overview of
data analysis
(assessment?
name=74)
Lecture 19: Ethical
framework for
health research
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=20)
Quiz : Assignment
19: Ethical
framework for
health research
(assessment?
name=67)
Lecture 20:
Conducting clinical
trials (unit?
unit=1&lesson=21)
Quiz : Assignment
20: Conducting
clinical trials
(assessment?
name=68)
Lecture 21:
Preparing a
concept paper for
research projects
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=22)
Quiz : Assignment
21: Preparing a
concept paper for
research project
(assessment?
name=73)
Lecture 22:
Elements of a
protocol for
research studies
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=23)
Quiz : Assignment
22 : Elements of a
protocol for
research studies
(assessment?
name=82)
Lecture 23:
Publication Ethics
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=47)
Quiz : Assignment
23: Publication
Ethics
(assessment?
name=69)
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