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48 Cards in this Set
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Cornerstone of of public health, and shapes policy decisions and evidence-based practice by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventive health care |
Epidemiology |
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Epidemiology distinct divisions |
Descriptive Analytical Experimental |
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Aid in the conceptualization and quantification of disease status of the community |
Descriptive epidemiology |
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Study and analysis of the distribution and determinants of health and disease conditions in defined population |
Epidemiology |
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Describe a health related event |
Descriptive epidemiology |
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Major parameters of interest |
Prevalence Incidence |
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Total number of individuals in a population who have a disease or health condition at specipic period of time, usually expressed as a percentage of the population |
Prevalence |
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Incidence |
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Analytical epidemiology |
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Analytical epidemiology |
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Types of analytical epidemiology |
Cohort study Case control study Cross sectional study |
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Cohort study |
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Case control study |
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Cross sectional study |
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Experimental epidemiology |
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Subset of study population used in clinical research |
Sample |
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What do we need in sampling |
Sampling frame Sample size Sample study |
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Sampling methods |
Random sampling Non random sampling |
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Random sampling |
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Types of random sampling |
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Simple random sampling |
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Stratified random sampling |
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Systematic sampling |
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Cluster( area) random sampling |
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Multi-stage sampling |
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Non random sampling method |
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Types of non random sampling |
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Quota sample |
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Snowball sampling |
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Convenience sampling |
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Consecutive sampling |
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Judgemental or purposive sampling |
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Two main function of statistics |
Description Inference |
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2 major categories of statistics |
Descriptive statistics Inferential statistics |
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Descriptive statistics |
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Measure of central tendency |
Mean Median Mode |
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Average is the value obtained by adding all the measurement and dividing by the number of measurements |
Mean |
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Middle measurement in a set of data |
Median |
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Most frequent measurement in a set of data |
Mode |
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Simplest measure of variability |
Range |
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Difference between highest and lowest value |
Range |
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A method of ascertaining the way individual values are located around the mean |
Variance |
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Typical or average deviation from mean |
Standard deviation |
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Also called inductive statistics or statistical inference |
Inferential statistics |
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Inferential statistics |
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Data collection methods |
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Methods of brushing |
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Indices in dental epidemiology |
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