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Topic 1: intro biomed research
Define scientific method 1,
What are the 5 steps of the scien...,
Give examples of types of biomed ...
6  cards
Topic 2: intro to measurment of variables + proportions
What are the types of variables i...,
Describe numeric for type a 2,
Describe categorical for type a 3
8  cards
Topic 3: intro to measurment of basic summary stats
Define measure of central tendency 1,
Give examples of central tendency 2,
Define measure of dispersion 3
12  cards
Topic 4: intro to measurement of frequency distributions
Describe the frequency distributi...,
Types of distribution for numeric...,
Describe the central tendency mea...
11  cards
Topic 5: measure of frequency in proportional measures
Define descriptive epidemiology 1,
What are the 5 w of descriptive e...,
Describe measure of disease frequ...
26  cards
Topic 6: measure of association of risk/rate ratio
Define exposure 1,
Define outcome 2,
Describe measures of association 3
8  cards
Topic 7: measure of association of odds ratio
How to calculate the odds 1,
Describe odds 2,
When is odds ratio used instead o...
6  cards
Topic 8: measure of association of mean difference
Describe mean difference 1,
When does mean difference apply 2,
How to calculate mean difference 3
6  cards
Topic 9: measure of association of 2 numeric variables
Describe association between nume...,
3 steps to investigate associatio...,
Explain a scatterplot 3
10  cards
Topic 10: sampling + random error
Define sample 1,
Define source population 2,
What is the purpose of a sample 3
20  cards
Topic 11: statistical hypothesis testing
Give the 2 possibilities of assoc...,
Define null hypothesis 2,
Define alternative hypothesis 3
10  cards
Topic 12: sampling methods + selection bias
Define random error 1,
Define systematic error 2,
Describe random errors in epidemi...
29  cards
Topic 13: systematic error in research
Give 2 types of bias in research 1,
Define information bias 2,
Describe information bias based o...
18  cards
Topic 14: multifactorial nature + concept of confounder
Describe disease determinants 1,
Give types of disease determinants 2,
Define confounding 3
5  cards
Topic 15: identifying independent risk factors
Give 3 steps to deal with confoun...,
Describe statistical adjustment 2,
Describe process of stratification 3
6  cards
Topic 16: internal/external study validity
Define internal validity 1,
Define external validity 2,
Give the factors to determine int...
12  cards
Topic 17: observational studies
Give the 2 types of observational...,
Give the types of descriptive stu...,
Describe cross sectional study 3
11  cards
Topic 18: interventional studies
Describe intervention studies 1,
Why is intervention studies regar...,
What is the function of a trial 3
28  cards
Topic 19: levels of evidence
Define evidence based medicine 1,
Heirarchy of evidence 2,
Describe systematic reviews 3
6  cards
Topic 20: association vs causation
Describe causation 1,
Give the bradford hill criteria f...,
Define temporality 3
13  cards

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