Confounding Bias Part 1

Topic: 
Epidemiology & Surveillance
Format: 
Informational Brief
Time: 
40 minutes
Level: 
Introductory
University: 
University of North Carolina
PERLC: 
University of North Carolina PERLC

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Description: 

This issue of the ERIC Notebook offered by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health gives an introduction to confounding bias. It includes examples and practice questions.

Learning Objectives: 
  • Define confounding
  • Describe the conditions that are necessary for a variable to be considered a potential confounder
  • Explain the criteria that each potential confounder has to meet before they can be considered confounders
  • Explain the effects of confounding in different study designs
PHEP Capabilities: 
Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation