Question

Cohort studies, along with case-control and cross-sectional studies, are considered experimental studies.

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True

False

A case-control study observes the differences between diseased and non-diseased, whereas a cohort study observes the differences between exposed and non-exposed.

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True

False

In a cohort study, the exposure is not randomly allocated between study participants.

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True

False

Answer 1

No 1. Answer is False

Cohort studies, case-control, and cross-sectional studies are completely different from Experimental study. A cohort study is a longterm study that measures cause and effects. A case-control study is design which starts from cases(Outcome). The cross-sectional study is an observational study design to observe some data at a point in time.

No 2. Answer is True

A case-control study observes the differences between diseased and non-diseased because it starts from cases. it is the most appropriate study for rare diseases.

A cohort study observes the differences between exposed and non-exposed, it is the most appropriate study for long term disease. In this study, a group of people observed for a long period of time for study of exposure.

No 3. Answer is False

In a cohort study, the study participants of people have the same exposure to something. So, exposure is randomly allocated.