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What are the advantages of a case-control study?

  • Can study multiple exposures for a single outcome
  • Small sample size = less time = low cost = no loss to follow-up
  • Suitable for long latency and rare diseases
  • Few ethical issues

What are disadvantages of a case-control study?

  • No absolute risk/rates
  • More prone to bias
  • Often performed 'quick and dirty'

What are the advantages of a cross-sectional study?

  • Quick and cheap
  • Ethically safe
  • You can calculate prevalence
  • Higher grades + faster learning
  • Never study anything twice
  • 100% sure, 100% understanding
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What are the disadvantages of a cross-sectional study?

  • Poor design for etiologic research, better for diagnostic
  • Consequences of T = 0? Reversed causality? Causal inference?
  • Selection bias

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