Bias & Error
Error in experimental observations that usually come from the measuring instrument.
What is systematic error?
The branch of medicine which deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible diseases and other factors relating to health
What is epidemiology?
Doing this will decrease random error
What is increasing the sample size?
The survey of biostatisticians and epidemiologists indicated that there was not enough time for this
What is critically review work and do each project well?
Error in experimental measurements that are caused by unknown and unpredictable changes in the experiment.
What is random error?
The branch of statistics that deals with data relating to living organisms
What is biostatistics?
Doing this will help decrease systematic error
What is multivariable analysis?
Nearly a fourth of respondents were asked to do this
What is alter or remove data?
A systematic error that occurs when the participants selected for a study are not representative of the target population.
A healthcare professional who performs and analyzes diagnostic tests on biological samples to help diagnose diseases, monitor treatments, and prevent the spread of infection
What is a laboratory scientist?
Doing this will prevent selection bias
What is diverse data collection?
More than 20% of reported a lack of this
What is intellectual freedom or disrespect of ethical boundaries?
A systematic error that occurs when individuals, data, or variables are consistently assigned to incorrect categories.
What is classification bias?
A professional responsible for overseeing an organization's data assets, ensuring data is collected, stored, organized, and secured properly
What is a data manager?
Doing this will help reduce sampling bias
What is random sampling?
29% of respondents reported this
What is pressure to deliver specific results?
A systematic error that occurs when an observed association between an exposure and an outcome is distorted by the presence of an unmeasured or unaccounted for third variable.
What is confounding bias?
A professional who teaches people about behaviors that promote wellness and disease prevention
What are health educators?
Doing this will prevent participant bias
What are double blind studies?
Just under 20% reported this
What is grants being submitted without sufficiently budgeting for effort?