INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer short answered questions and some math problems (need to show work step by step for math answers) for advanced epidemiology course. Questions and reading downloaded for you. If you need the book chapters to help explain i can download those as well. Objectives Understand the design and analysis of cohort studies Define and know how to calculate and interpret risk ratios, risk differences, attributable risk percent and rate ratios Understand the timing of measurements, i.e. prospective, longitudinal, retrospective Appreciate the circumstances in which cohort studies are appropriate Procedure 1. Read the paper by Must, et al (1992): Long-term morbidity and mortality of overweight adolescents. NEJM, 327:1350-55. Questions Based on the table and formulas below, calculate, label AND state the meaning of your answer (interpret) in a sentence: