A study that commonly includes subjects without regard to exposure or disease status and that examines the relationship between diseases and other variables at one time is a(n)
a) Experimental study
b) Cohort study
c) Case-control study
d) Cross-sectional study
e) Ecological study
Answer is cross sectional study
Cross sectional study is also called prevalence study. It is observational study design or survey in which exposure and disease status of population are determined at a given point of time.
A study that commonly includes subjects without regard to exposure or disease status and that examines...
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A study that examines the rates of disease in relation to a population-level factor and that has a population as the unit of analysis rather than an individual is a(n) a) Experimental study b) Cohort study c) Case-control study d) Cross-sectional study e) Ecological study
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