Posted: October 3rd, 2016

What type of study design is considered to be the ‘gold standard’ in assessing causality? [ONE POINT] a. Cohort b. Case-control c. Ecological d. Experimental

7. What type of study design is considered to be the ‘gold standard’ in assessing causality? [ONE POINT]

a. Cohort
b. Case-control
c. Ecological
d. Experimental
8. All of the following are important criteria when making causal inferences except: [ONE POINT]
a. Consistency with existing knowledge
b. Dose-response relationship
c. Predictive value
d. Consistency of association in several studies
e. Strength of association
9. All of the following are measures of process of health care in a clinic except: [ONE POINT]
a. Proportion of patients in whom blood pressure is measured
b. Proportion of patients advised to stop smoking
c. Proportion of patients whose height and weight are measured
d. Proportion of patients who have complications of a disease
e. Proportion of patients whose bill is reduced because of financial need