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CPH 310 Exam #2 Questions with 100% Verified Answers
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Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) - ANSWER Statistical technique
that examines the variation in values within and between
groups to determine if they are the same
Bradford Hill Criteria - ANSWER a set of criteria that are used to
establish cause-and-effect relationships based on observational
studies (that is, the criteria used when randomized experiments
are not feasible or ethical)
Bradford Hill Criteria - ANSWER strength, consistency,
specificity, temporality, biological gradient, plausibility,
coherence, experiment, analogy
Case-control study - ANSWER A type of observational analytic
epidemiologic investigation in which subjects are selected on
the basis of whether they do( cases) or do not ( controls) have a
particular disease
Causation - ANSWER the action of causing something
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cohort study - ANSWER An epidemiologic study in which
subjects of a defined population can be identified who are
exposed or not exposed , or exposed in differnt degrees
Correlation - ANSWER A measure of the extent to which two
factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor
predicts the other.
cross-sectional study - ANSWER Study that examines the
relationship between disease and exposures as they exist at one
particular point of time
descriptive statistics - ANSWER Summaries a sample selected
from a population
Ecological study - ANSWER A study in which the units of analysis
are populations or groups ,rather than individuals
inferential statistics - ANSWER Make inferences about
populations parameters based on sample statistics
CPH 310 Exam #2 Questions with 100% Verified Answers
UPDATED!!!
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) - ANSWER Statistical technique
that examines the variation in values within and between
groups to determine if they are the same
Bradford Hill Criteria - ANSWER a set of criteria that are used to
establish cause-and-effect relationships based on observational
studies (that is, the criteria used when randomized experiments
are not feasible or ethical)
Bradford Hill Criteria - ANSWER strength, consistency,
specificity, temporality, biological gradient, plausibility,
coherence, experiment, analogy
Case-control study - ANSWER A type of observational analytic
epidemiologic investigation in which subjects are selected on
the basis of whether they do( cases) or do not ( controls) have a
particular disease
Causation - ANSWER the action of causing something
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cohort study - ANSWER An epidemiologic study in which
subjects of a defined population can be identified who are
exposed or not exposed , or exposed in differnt degrees
Correlation - ANSWER A measure of the extent to which two
factors vary together, and thus of how well either factor
predicts the other.
cross-sectional study - ANSWER Study that examines the
relationship between disease and exposures as they exist at one
particular point of time
descriptive statistics - ANSWER Summaries a sample selected
from a population
Ecological study - ANSWER A study in which the units of analysis
are populations or groups ,rather than individuals
inferential statistics - ANSWER Make inferences about
populations parameters based on sample statistics
