Useful Terms for Stats and Epi

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What is the study of disease is human populations?
Epidemiology
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What is the study if disease in animal populations?
Epizootiology
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What is the study of disease in plant populations?
Epiphytology
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Sporadic
Occasional case
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What is the 'usual' level of disease constantly present in a population termed?
Endemic
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What is a 'new', significant occurrence of a disease well above endemic level called?
Epidemic
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What is a persistent, high level of disease called?
Hyperendemic
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Endemic/epidemic in animal populations
Enzootic/epizootic
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Prevalence
Cases/population at risk
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Incidence
New cases is a time period
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Cumulative incidence
New cases/Initial population at risk
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Incidence rate
New cases/total animal-years at risk
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Morbidity
Proportion of pop. with disease
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Mortality
Proportion of pop. that die
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Null Hypothesis
Hypothesis that there is no effect of a treatment on an outcome
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Alternative Hypothesis
Hypothesis that the treatment gives rise to the outcome
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What epidemiology uses statistical methods
Statistical/analytical
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What epidemiology uses controlled experiments?
Experimental
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What epidemiology uses mathematical approaches to understand disease?
Theoretical
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What epidemiology uses principles, methods and findings in care of individuals, with respect to diagnosis and prognosis?
Clinical
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What is sensitivity?
Percentage of diseased individuals that test POSITIVE
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What Are individuals who are + but test - called?
False negatives
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What is specificity?
Percentage of healthy individuals that test NEGATIVE
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What are individuals who are - but test + called?
False positives
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Risk Factor
Any variable that influences incidence of disease
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Associations
Examine how variable and disease are related
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Incidence risk
Prob. of event occuring
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