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AM2- Epidemiology Exam With Complete Solutions
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AM2- Epidemiology Exam With CompleteSolutions
2 groups, one with condition interested in, one w/o, compare exposure of two
What is a case-control study?
research studies that test a medical, surgical, or behavioral intervention in people
What is a clinical trial?
research activities that take place in the user's context rather than in your office or lab
What is a field study?
preplanned following subset of population over a lifetime
What is a cohort study?
answers the 5 W's: who, what, when, where, why
What is a descriptive study?
contains two different groups
What is an independent T-test?
compares the expected to observed
what is the chi-sqaured test?
, Comparing two values seen in one sample
What is a paired T-test?
the number of cases of a disease at a specific point in time in a defined population
What is point prevalence?
20%
What is the apparent disease?
35%
What is the true prevalence?
Attached to an event which can only give a set of values
What is a discrete variable?
reading can take any value within a possible range
What is a continuous variable?
categorical where the values are ordered
What is an ordinal variable?
result of only two values
What is a binary variable?
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