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Decks in this class (12)

Unit 01: Foundations of Health & Disease Transmission
What is epidemiology,
What is etiology,
What is primary prevention
60  cards
Unit 02: Bias & Causation
Any systematic error in the desig...,
Bias differs from random error be...,
What kind of study compares a var...
20  cards
Unit 03: Screening & Diagnostic Testing (Part 1)
What is a bimodal curve,
What is a unimodal curve,
What is validity
21  cards
Unit 03: Screening & Diagnostic Testing (Part 2)
Multiple tests can be combined in...,
In ____ testing tests are used on...,
In ____ testing multiple tests ar...
18  cards
Unit 4: Observational Study Design (Part 1)
What are descriptive studies,
What are analytical studies,
What are observational studies
12  cards
Unit 4: Observational Study Design (Part 2)
In ____ studies study subjects ar...,
Can the prevalence be estimated f...,
This type of study is is useful a...
21  cards
Unit 05: Intervention Studies
What is the basis of an intervent...,
What is a type of intervention st...,
What are historical controls used...
37  cards
Unit 06: Sampling
What is a census in epidemiologic...,
Why is a census often impractical...,
Why is sampling often preferred o...
50  cards
Unit 07: Disease Frequency and Measures of Association (Part 1)
What is morbidity,
What is mortality,
What is count
20  cards
Unit 07: Disease Frequency and Measures of Association (Part 2)
Which of the following are measur...,
What is the relative risk rr in e...,
True false relative risk can be c...
45  cards
Unit 08: Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation
What is epidemiologic surveillance,
What are the two types of surveil...,
What is passive surveillance
21  cards
Unit 09: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Epidemiology
True false qualitative research m...,
____ is a tool used in epidemiolo...,
What is the key difference betwee...
26  cards

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