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Unit 1 - Basic course in Biomedical Research : Cycle 2 (Mar-Jun

2020)

Course outline Thank you for taking the Assignment 8:

Basic course in
Validity of epidemiological studies.
Biomedical
Research : Cycle 2

Assignment 8: Validity of
(Mar-Jun 2020)

Lecture 1:
Introduction to
health research
epidemiological studies
(unit?
Your last recorded submission was on 2020-04-12, 21:16 IST Due date: 2020-06-30, 23:59 IST.
unit=1&lesson=2)
1) Obtaining an accurate estimate of disease frequency and effect of exposure on health outcomes in 1 point
Quiz : Assignment
1: Introduction to study population pertains to
health research
(assessment? a) External Validity
name=55) b) Internal Validity

Lecture 2: c) Bias
Formulating d) Confounding
research question
(unit? 2) Blinding in an epidemiological study is a way to deal with 1 point
unit=1&lesson=3)
a) Chance
Quiz : Assignment
2: Formulating
b) Selection Bias
research question c) Information Bias
(assessment?
d) Sampling Error
name=57)
3) Better recall of exposure only among the cases in a case control study can result in 1 point
Lecture 3:
Literature review
a) Information bias
(unit?
unit=1&lesson=4) b) Confounding
c) Investigator bias
Quiz : Assignment
3: Literature review d) Selection bias
(assessment?
name=61)
4) The ability of a tool to correctly measure what it is supposed to measure is called as 1 point
 Lecture 4: a) Precision
Assessment submitted.
Measures of
b) Validity
X disease frequency
(unit? c) Reliability
unit=1&lesson=5) d) Consistency
Quiz : Assignment 5) Bias may distort the association between exposure and outcome among the study participants 1 point
4: Measures of
disease frequency a) True
(assessment?
b) False
name=75)

Lecture 5:
6) A case control study was conducted to know the effect of smoking on lung cancer among 1 point
Descriptive study hospitalized patients. The controls were recruited from patients admitted to the respiratory ward for other
designs (unit? conditions. What type of bias will be introduced by virtue of recruiting controls from the hospital who are
unit=1&lesson=6) potentially different from the general population?

Quiz : Assignment a) Selection bias

5: Descriptive
study designs b) Information bias
(assessment? c) Confounding
name=78)
d) Random error
Lecture 6:
7) A researcher studied the effect of coffee drinking on Myocardial Infarction. The effect of coffee 1 point
Analytical study
designs (unit? drinking on Myocardial Infarction was distorted because of the presence of a third factor, ie. smoking. This
unit=1&lesson=7) phenomenon is called as
Quiz : Assignment
a) Correlation effect
6: Analytical study
designs b) Confounding
(assessment? c) Recall bias
name=77)
d) Measurement error
Lecture 7:
Experimental study
8) Which of the following method is used to address for known confounders at the designing stage of 1 point
designs: Clinical a study
trials (unit?
unit=1&lesson=8) a) Matching
b) Regression
Quiz : Assignment
7: Experimental c) Stratification
study designs d) Adjusted analysis
(assessment?
name=62) 9) Systematic distortion of the truth by study subjects is called as 1 point

Lecture 8: Validity a) Plagiarism

of epidemiological
studies (unit?
b) Chance
unit=1&lesson=9) c) Confounding

Quiz : d) Prevarication
Assignment 8:
10)Crude association in the presence of a confounder is the actual causal association 1 point
Validity of
epidemiological
a) True
studies
(assessment? b) False
name=79)
You may submit any number of times before the due date. The final submission will be considered for grading.
Lecture 9:
Submit Answers
Qualitative
research methods:
An overview (unit?
unit=1&lesson=10)
 Quiz : Assignment
Assessment submitted.
9: Qualitative
X 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:
Assessment
Designingsubmitted.
data
X 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
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Assessment submitted.
name=68)
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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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