The Nursing Instructor Is Guiding a Class of Nursing Students

The nursing instructor is guiding a class of nursing students through the process of determining the various rates used in epidemiologic studies. Which response from the students will indicate to the instructor they correctly grasp the concept of an adjusted rate?

A) Statistical procedure that removes the effects of differences in the composition of a population, such as age, when comparing one with another
B) Measure of the probability that people without a certain condition will develop that condition over a period of time
C) Measure of the number of people in a given population who have an existing condition at a given point in time
D) Detailed rates that are calculated using the number of people in the smaller subgroups of the population in the denominator