Description:
This training offered by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health provides an overview of cohort study analysis, including definition of measures used in cohort studies and examples of proper interpretation. The lesson also describes threats to study validity, including bias and confounding.
Learning Objectives:
- Calculate the risk difference, risk ratio, and attributable risk in exposed, given sample data
- Interpret the risk difference, risk ratio, and attributable risk in exposed, given sample data
- Define bias and describe the two major types of bias
- Explain how a confounding variable can affect observed results
PHEP Capabilities:
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation
Topic:
Epidemiology & Surveillance
Format:
Online Course
Time:
40 minutes
Level:
Introductory
University:
University of North Carolina
PERLC:
University of North Carolina PERLC