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What study is Incidence measured with?
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Cohort Study
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What study is Prevalence measure with?
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Cross Sectional
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Sensitive tests are used to rule
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Out the disease
If pos you don't necessarily have it. If neg you definately don't have |
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Specific test rule
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in the disease
I pos you definitely do have it If negative you can't be sure |
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how to calculate false negative ratio
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1-sensitivity
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what type of test do you want if the disease is severe
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Sensitive
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what is another name for a cohort study
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longitudinal or
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do people in a cohort have the disease
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no not at the start
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Are cohort studies cheap?
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no they are time consuming
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Cohort studies establish what ratio?
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relative risk
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