Epidemiology

What is the term for the number of new cases of a disease in a given area during a given period of time?

• Epidemic

• Prevalence

• Pandemic

• Incidence

The study of the spread of disease

• Toxicity
• Toxicology
• Epidemiology
• Science

An epidemiologist is analysing the incidences of heart disease among African Americans in the United States as compared to Caucasian populations. They note a higher amount of risk factors, such as limited access to fresh food or healthcare, associated with African American patients. What type of epidemiology is being modelled?

• Analytic epidemiology

• Descriptive epidemiology

• Occupational epidemiology

• Racial epidemiology

Which word matches the following definition? A correlation between variables that one variable directly effects the other variable

• lurking

• confounding

• causation

• common response

This is the group of people taking part in the experiment.

• target population

• sample

• target sample

• population

What is the purpose of epidemiological data analysis?

• To analyze individual patient data.

• To study and understand patterns, causes, and effects of health and disease conditions in populations.

• To develop new treatments for diseases.

• To predict future disease outbreaks.

What are the sources of epidemiological data?

• Hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies

• Surveillance systems, registries, surveys, and administrative databases

• Social media and internet searches

• Personal interviews and observations

Why do we randomly select our samples?

• for control
• reduce bias
• so we don't get the same answers from everyone
• to eliminate confounding results

When a person observes and measures characteristic without changing the conditions.

• observational study

• experiment

• treatment

A group which no treatment is applied and is used for comparison.

• control

• experimental

• placebo