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Desc./Meas. Epi
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Descriptive | Identifying a health problem. |
| Analytic | Identifying the *CAUSE* of a health problem. |
| Negative declaration is also known as | Null Hypothesis or H0 |
| Negative declaration or Null Hypothesis states | There is no association between sun exposure and skin cancer. |
| Implicit Question | Type of hypothesis that questions the association between two variables. |
| Positive Declaration | Type of hypothesis that declares the association between two variables. |
| Research Hypothesis or HA or H1 | Positive declaration is also known as |
| Secular Time Trends | Have the general tendency to increase or decrease over a period of time. |
| Cyclic Fluctuations | Recurring rise and fall or cycles during a period of time. |
| Count | The example of number of cases per year is: |
| Ratio | The example of the number of inhabitants per doctor is: |
| Proportion | A part or number considered in comparative relation to a whole: |
| Incidence | At risk or "_____" is only calculated among those who are able to get a disease. |
| Person-time | The sum of periods of time each member of a study spends "at-risk" is otherwise known as: |
| How do you calculate incidence density. | ID = (# of new cases)/(person-time) x 100,000 |
| Direct method of age adjustment requires what two things? | -The age-specific morbidity/mortality rates in the sample to be standardized -A suitable standard population |
| Crude Rate | A calculation that shows the number of events that occur in a population over a given time period |
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