CMAS 465 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS, 100%
GUARANTEE
target - a factor than an intervention intends to modify, based on a hypothesis that
modification of that factor will result in improvement of symptoms, behaviors, functional
outcomes, or lower risk for adverse health outcomes
targets can be... - risk factors, causal mechanisms, or outcomes
risk factors - an event preceding an undesired outcome and increasing the probability of
that outcome
causal mechanisms - the process by which change in x is presumed to cause change in y
conceptual model - detailed diagram of how and when an event or problem occurs; goal is
to identify a target
moderators - affects the strength and direction of that relationship
mediator - explains the process through which two variables are related; "go-between" for
two variables
cause - that which makes any other thing, either simple idea, substance, or mode, begin to
be
effect - the difference between what did happen and what would have happened if the
treatment was or was not there
counterfactuals - contrary to fact
GUARANTEE
target - a factor than an intervention intends to modify, based on a hypothesis that
modification of that factor will result in improvement of symptoms, behaviors, functional
outcomes, or lower risk for adverse health outcomes
targets can be... - risk factors, causal mechanisms, or outcomes
risk factors - an event preceding an undesired outcome and increasing the probability of
that outcome
causal mechanisms - the process by which change in x is presumed to cause change in y
conceptual model - detailed diagram of how and when an event or problem occurs; goal is
to identify a target
moderators - affects the strength and direction of that relationship
mediator - explains the process through which two variables are related; "go-between" for
two variables
cause - that which makes any other thing, either simple idea, substance, or mode, begin to
be
effect - the difference between what did happen and what would have happened if the
treatment was or was not there
counterfactuals - contrary to fact
