BMS 301 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

BMS 301 Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Original Manuscript - journal article (majority of publications in science journals) Review Articles - Summarize recent manuscripts in a given field no new info (not novel) peer reviewed Correlational Studies - -focus on the exposure and outcome **DOES NOT demonstrate causality -Individual pts. of a scatter plot influence stat. analysis -r value = correlation coefficient (may or may not be squared) -evaluate large populations, not individuals -Ecological fallacy: applying population level attributes to specific individuals Cohort Study - Longitudinal study Case Series - 2 or more patients with a similar disease Case report - describes a single patient Do case series/ reports have a control group? - no it is not described 2COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY KATELYN WHITMAN, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED who writes case reports/series - they are written by clinicians to share insights gained from practice Are case reports/ series statistical or descriptive - can be statistical but mostly descriptive case reports/series must define what? - inclusion and exclusion criteria Case reports/ series require what kind of approval? - IRB (institutional review board) and informed consent Cross sectional studies - a "snapshot" of a specific population at 1 moment in time-- determine prevalence rate --important that the study population is well chosen (study pop. must represent intended target pop.) Pros of cross sectional studies - common, cheap, easy, good for use on a subsequent study Cons of cross sectional studies - not good for rare diseases Case control studies - -compare people with and without a particular disease. - case= have disease -Control= healthy uses confidence intervals Case control studies bias - diagnosis bias recall bias Pros of case control studies - ideal for rare diseases 3COPYRIGHT © 2025 BY KATELYN WHITMAN, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ideally case and control groups are identical except for the disease matching (for case control studies) - increases similarity between experimental groups -Frequency or group matching -Individual matching or matched pairs ***can't match for the exposure of interest Case control studies don't show what? - prevalence and in