Question
Indicate whether the following statements are true or false:
It is possible to obtain a valid estimate of disease prevalence from a typical case-control study.
The purpose of a control group in a case-control study is to provide information on the disease distribution in the source population that produced the cases.
The control group in a case-control study should never include individuals who have the case’s disease.
A case-control study is the most efficient design for studying the health effects of rare exposures, while a cohort study is the most efficient design for studying the risk factors for rare diseases.
Case identification is generally more difficult than control identification in case-control studies.
The odds of illness are mathematically equivalent to the risk of illness.
Source: Chapter 9 of Ashengrau and Seage page 262-263 Question 6
