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USMLE Step 1 Biostatistics/Epidemiology Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions Sensitivity - Answer️️ -TP / (TP + FN) Specificity - Answer️️ -TN / (TN + TP) Positive Predictive Value - Answer️️ -TP / (TP + FP) Negative Predictive Value - Answer️️ -TN / (FN + TN) Incidence Ra...

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USMLE Step 1 Biostatistics/Epidemiology Exam
Study Guide with Complete Solutions

Sensitivity - Answer✔️✔️-TP / (TP + FN)

Specificity - Answer✔️✔️-TN / (TN + TP)

Positive Predictive Value - Answer✔️✔️-TP / (TP + FP)

Negative Predictive Value - Answer✔️✔️-TN / (FN + TN)

Incidence Rate - Answer✔️✔️-# of new cases in a certain time period /
population that is at risk during that time period



This looks at new incidences occurring during a time period

Prevalence - Answer✔️✔️-# of existing cases / population at risk



Looks at ALL current cases

Odds Ratio - Answer✔️✔️-(a/c) / (b/d) OR ad / bc

Relative Risk - Answer✔️✔️-[a / (a + b)] / [c / (c + d)]

Attributable Risk - Answer✔️✔️-(a / (a+b) ) - (c / (c+d) )

Gaussian curve standard deviation %'s - Answer✔️✔️-+/- 1 SD = 68%

+/- 2 SD = 95%




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+/- 3 SD = 99.7%

Type 1 error (alpha) - Answer✔️✔️-you sAw a difference that did not really
exist

(convicting an innocent man)

Type 2 error (beta) - Answer✔️✔️-you were Blind to a difference that did
exist

(setting a guilty man free)

Power - Answer✔️✔️-1-beta or in other words, 1 - type 2 error

(increasing sample size will increase power, there is POWER in numbers.
Also, increasing Precision will increase power)

SEM - Answer✔️✔️-SD / square root of n

Confidence Interval - Answer✔️✔️-range from [mean - Z (SEM)] to [mean +
Z (SEM)]

Z = 1.96 for 95% CI

Z = 2.58 for 99% CI



On the test, it may be easier to remember the Z values as 2 and 2.5 for
easier calculations and memorization

t - test - Answer✔️✔️-checks difference between the means of 2 groups




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