Data Types / Data Dictionary
Type of Study Design
Database and CRF Design
Data Entry and Quality
Ethics
100
Squares of toilet paper on the first day of class represented what?
Individual facts / Data
100
Recently married
Todd
100
"Billy Joel" - is this an entity or a value?
Value
100
What is the method of having two different people enter the same data to prevent data entry errors?
Double Data Entry
100
Name a reason to de-identify data
200
Name the three elements that describe items in a data dictionary
Variable name, description, type, format
200
Compares exposures and outcomes at the population level and compares between populations
Ecologic
200
What does CRF stand for?
Case Report Form
200
Which software is not recommended highly for large scale clinical trial data management (such as PERCH)
Excel
200
Where did Chrissy work prior to coming to Hopkins?
EMMES
300
You are writing the description of a serious adverse event (SAE), is this a Quantitative or Qualitative value?
Qualitative
300
Type of study where you start with a population of exposed and unexposed individuals and follow them for a long period of time to compare outcomes
Cohort studies
300
Draw a 2x2 table. Hold it up when you're ready to describe the: Rows, Columns, and Headers
Rows are horizontal, Columns are vertical, Headers are the first row
300
Name at least two methods of maximizing both accuracy and efficiency
Barcode scanners, codelists, good CRF design, etc.
300
What are the principles of the Belmont report and what does it mean?
400
Variable type for height in inches
Numeric
400
Study type for PERCH (comparing past exposures between hospitalized pneumonia patients and healthy community children)
Case-Control
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Who is Bloomberg? (the Bloomberg from the Bloomberg School of Public Health)
Former Mayor of New York City
400
Give an example of rectifying on the back end
Data queries, missing values, etc.
400
What kind of doctor (eg. general practitioner, surgeon, pediatrician, etc.) is Dr. Nadine Caron?
Surgeon
500
Why would we include a format for date (e.g. DDMMYYYY)
To collect data in a standardized manner
500
Study design where study subjects are randomized to a new drug vs. placebo and followed for outcome of interest
Clinical trial
500
What is the bartender's dream job
To be a movie star
500
What are two of the four advantages of using paper forms (manual data entry)?
Inexpensive, changeable format, source document retained, familiar
500
What does HIPAA stand for
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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