Biomedical Research Knowledge Quiz

• Improving the health of the population, predicting progression of a disease in a patient, and prevention of various diseases
• Improving the health of the population, predicting progression of a disease in a patient, prevention of various diseases, and exploring societal interventions for disease prevention (correct)
• Improving the health of the population and predicting progression of a disease in a patient
• Improving the health of the population, predicting progression of a disease in a patient, and exploring societal interventions for disease prevention

• Should be representative of the population [External validity or generalizability]
• Neither 'a' nor 'b'
• Should be adequate [power to draw meaningful inferences]
• Both 'a' and 'b' (correct)

• They should be vague to allow flexibility
• They should be specific to avoid ambiguity (correct)
• They should only include exclusion criteria
• They should only include inclusion criteria