APA Health Care and Life Sciences

epidemiology

1. Go to the Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research (EQUATOR) network page https://www.equator-network.org/ From the EQUATOR network page, download the CONSORT checklist. Discuss three important design features of a randomized controlled trial as noted under methods (e.g., blinding, treatment allocation). (One paragraph)

2. Describe the key characteristics of experimental, cohort, casecontrol, cross-sectional, and ecological studies regarding subject selection, and share one advantage and disadvantage of each type of study. (Max 1 page, be succinct)

3. Define the following: baseline comparisons, crude analysis, adjusted analyses, intention-to-treat analysis, equipoise, healthy worker effect, and ecologic fallacy.