Applied Epi Exercise #1: Study Design, Cigarette Smoking and Lung Cancer

Learning Objectives:

This exercise uses the classic studies by Doll and Hill that demonstrated a relationship between smoking and lung cancer. After completing this exercise, the student should be able to:

1. Discuss the elements of design, and the advantages and disadvantages of case-control versus prospective cohort studies;
2. Evaluate selection bias and information bias which might have affected these studies;
3. Calculate and interpret a disease rate by person-years of exposure, rate ratio (relative risk), and odds ratio;
4. Appreciate how the measures do or do not reflect strength of association and the public health importance of the association;

Instructions:

• Download Applied Epi Exercise #1: Study Design, Cigarette Smoking and Lung Cancer.
  
• Enter YOUR answers in CANVAS by 2:30 pm on Wednesday September 16.  We recommend completing the assignment in Microsoft Word and copy & paste your answers into the CANVAS assignment.