PH717 Module 10 - Bias
Identifying and Preventing Bias
Contents
Page 1
Introduction
Learning Objectives
Page 2
Control Selection Bias in a Case-Control Study
Rules for Avoiding Selection Bias in a Case-Control Study
Page 3
Self-Selection Bias in a Case-Control Study
Self-selection Bias Occurs Only if Participation is Differential for a Particular Exposure-Disease Cell
Page 4
Selection Bias in Cohort Studies and Clinical Trials
Prospective Cohort Studies and Clinical Trials
Selection Bias in Retrospective Cohort Studies
Page 5
The Health Worker Effect
Summary of Selection Bias
Page 6
Information Bias
Non-Differential Misclassification of Exposure
Mechanisms for Non-differential Misclassification
Differential Misclassification
Recall Bias
Interviewer Bias
Page 7
Questions to Consider When Reading a Paper or Listening to a Presentation
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