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What is Understanding Bias and Confounding in Epidemiology about?
The document defines bias, confounding, and fallacies in epidemiology and discusses how they threaten the internal validity of studies. It explains that bias is a systematic error that can occur at any point in a study, while confounding occurs when a third variable is associated with both the exposure and outcome. The document provides examples of bias, confounding, and how to control for them through study design and analysis techniques like matching, restriction, stratification, and adjustment.
- Author
- Shakir Khan
- Language
- EN