Questions with Accurate Answers
5 W's of Epidemiology correct answer What?
When?
Where?
Who?
Why?
Analytic Epidemiology correct answer -Analytic epidemiology examines the causes
of health- related states or events - The'Why'
-Analytic epidemiology quantifies the association between
exposures and outcomes to determine causal
relationships
-Examines potential etiologies (helpful or harmful) for the
health-related states or events
-Analytic epidemiology studies the DETERMINANTS of health related states and
events
Categorical Variable (Qualitative) correct answer Nominal
Ordinal
,Comparing Groups: >3 Independent Groups (2) correct answer • Parametric test =
Repeated measures ANOVA
- Interval/ratio level that
-Is normally distributed
-Does not have outliers
• Nonparametric test = Friedman test
- Ordinal level data - OR -
- Interval/ratio level that
-Is not normally distributed
-Has outliers
Comparing Groups: >3 Independent Groups correct answer • Parametric test =
One
-way ANOVA (analysis of variance)
- Interval/ratio level that
-Is normally distributed
-Does not have outliers
•Nonparametrictest = Kruskal-WallisANOVA
- Ordinal level data - OR -
- Interval/ratio level that
-Is not normally distributed
-Has outliers
, Comparing Groups: 2 Independent Groups (2) correct answer • Parametric test =
Dependent t-test (paired t-test)
- Interval/ratio level that
-Is normally distributed
-Does not have outliers
• Nonparametric test = Wilcoxon signed-rank test
- Ordinal level data - OR -
- Interval/ratio level that
-Is not normally distributed
-Has outliers
Comparing Groups: 2 Independent Groups correct answer • Parametric test =
Independent t-test (student t-test, unpaired t-test)
- Interval/ratio level that
- Is normally distributed
- Does not have outliers
•Nonparametrictest = Mann-WhitneyTest - Ordinal level data - OR -
- Interval/ratio level that
-Is not normally distributed
-Has outliers
Comparing Groups: Nominal Variables correct answer • Contingency table
analysis (cross tabulations)