Pubh6035 module Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Assignment2:ProblemSet:MeasuresofDiseaseFrequencyQUESTION1 Consider a group of 1,000 newborn infants. 100 infants were born with seriousbirth defects and 20 of these 100 died during the first year of life. 90 of the 900remaininginfantswithoutanybirthdefectsalsodied duringthefirst yearoflife. A) Calculate the prevalence of serious defects in this population at the time ofbirth. •=100/1000=0.1/1,000livebirthsor10%ofthepopulationhad seriousbirthdefects B) Calculatetheoverallcumulativeincide...

1. Question: If the incidence rate of a very serious disease is 25/100,000 person-years and the prevalence of this disease in the population is 75/100,000, what is the average survival time of individuals who contract this disease? 2. Question: A report of a clinical trial of a new drug versus a placebo noted that the new drug gave a higher proportion of successes than did the placebo (70% versus 40%). The report ended with the statement that the p value associated with this finding was equal t...

PUBH6035 Module 2 Discussion; Study Group

1. Question: If the incidence rate of a very serious disease is 25/100,000 person-years and the prevalence of this disease in the population is 75/100,000, what is the average survival time of individuals who contract this disease? 2. Question: A report of a clinical trial of a new drug versus a placebo noted that the new drug gave a higher proportion of successes than did the placebo (70% versus 40%). The report ended with the statement that the p value associated with this finding was equal t...

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DiscussionTips Part of what makes a discussion a discussion and not a lecture is the back and forth, indepth, animated engagement of at least two people. If you start discussing a topic andyour peers are not engaging in it, consider what you can do to get the conversationgoing. Include something that might elicit further thoughts and different opinions amongyourpeers.Rememberthatdiscussionsupportsadiscovery-basedlearningexperiencethat facilitates a deeper understanding of content from multipl...

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