Case Control Study Discussion

Prompt: A researcher was doing research to determine whether exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF)/ radiations was associated with breast cancer in women. By reviewing the county disease database collected within a single year in a U.S. metropolitan city the researcher discovered 16 women with breast cancer. A total of 544 other women were randomly selected from the county disease database. Women were given surveys with specific questions regarding exposure to EMF. Among women with breast cancer 5 reported no exposure to EMF; a total of 436 control women were never exposed to EMF. 1. Construct the required 2 x 2 table with numeric values indicating cases and controls. 2. Calculate the measure of association 3. Discuss and interpret the results obtained 4. If you (as a researcher) were to investigate a rare cancer in Chicago, where might you look for data? 5. What would be necessary, legally, and ethically, to be able to utilize this data set(s) obtained, as a researcher?