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Differentiate between prospective and retrospective cohort studies.
Illustrate when each of these cohort studies should be used in research and address the strengths and weaknesses of them both.
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Prospective Versus Retrospective Cohort Studies
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Prospective Versus Retrospective Cohort Studies
Depending on the onset of results relative to the cohort's enrolment, cohort studies can be
categorized as prospective or retrospective. As Camargo et al. (2019) define it, prospective
cohort research includes a longitudinal cohort analysis that tracks a cohort of people (those who
show similar features but differ in specific study-related variables) to ascertain how these
variables impact the rates of a specific result. Therefore, this cohort study is applicable w...