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Study of human population |
Epidemiology |
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Branch of statistics responsible for the proper interpretation of scientific data generated in the biology and other health sciences |
Biostatistics |
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Any entire group of items that have at least one basic defined characteristics in common |
Population |
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Rep portion of a population |
Sample |
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Char of a sample |
Statistic |
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Char of a population |
Parameter |
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Denotes whatever body of people is being studied |
Universe |
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# of actual occurences ÷ number of possible occurence |
Rate |
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Frequency of one category ÷ frequency of another |
Ratio |
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Process of increasing in quantity or value |
Increment |
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Char of the objects or subjects that takes on dofferent values |
Variable |
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# of deaths in a given time or place |
Mortality |
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# of new cases that will occur within a population |
Incidence |
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Indicate what portion of a population is affected by a condition |
Prevalence |
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# of births in a given time, period and population |
Crude birth rate |
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# of deaths in a given time, period and population |
Crude death rate |
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# of deaths of live born infants |
Infant mortality rate |
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A measure of dispersion |
Range |
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Sun of values ÷ number of values |
Mean |
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The value that occurs most frequentlt |
Mode |
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Middle most value |
Median |
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Diff between lowest and highest value |
Range |
