PUBH 8035 Module 2 Discussion; Study Group

As a public health professional, you may be given data and be asked to calculate and interpret basic measures of disease frequency such as incidence and prevalence statistics. This Discussion will give you the opportunity to work through these calculations and gain experience and understanding of these key measures of disease frequency. Note that the discussions in Modules 2, 3, and 5 of this course are different than traditional Discussions in which you may have participated. Consider these discussions “Study Group Discussion Areas,” in which you can seek and offer assistance to your peers throughout the course. You may be asked to complete exercises or to work together on a group task during the discussions, but the goal of these assignments is less about posting and checking each other’s answers and more about collaborating as a community to support each other’s learning. Before you participate in this Discussion, complete the following tasks: ● Read the assigned chapters of the textbook. ● Watch the virtual lab provided in the Learning Resources. ● Review the chapter questions for Chapters 2, 4, and 5, which are designed to help you practice and assess your understanding of the concepts presented in each chapter. ● Complete the following assigned chapter questions: ○ Chapter 2: Questions 1, 6, 8, 14, & 15 ○ Chapter 4: Question 2 ○ Chapter 5: Question 1 While you may find it helpful to complete all of the chapter questions, you must complete at minimum the specific questions identified in the preceding list. Note that solutions to these exercises are provided at the back of the textbook. These solutions are useful for checking your work and for demonstrating how you should approach all of the questions at the end of each chapter.