Chapter 9 Terms

Question 1

What is the study of the determinants of health (disease)?

Answer 1

analytic epidemiology

Question 2

What is the type of epidemiology that includes person, place and time?

Answer 2

descriptive epidemiology

Question 3

What is the statistical dependence between two variables?

Answer 3

association

Question 4

What type of hypothesis is when there is no association between exposure and disease?

Answer 4

null hypothesis

Question 5

What type of hypothesis is when there is no association between exposure and disease beyond random error or chance?

Answer 5

alternative hypothesis

Question 6

What are the two types of alternative hypothesis?

Answer 6

1. one-sided

2. two-sided

Question 7

What does it mean when the association is greater than expected OR association is less than expected?

Answer 7

one-sided

Question 8

What is the measure of association between exposure and disease in a cohort study?

Answer 8

relative risk

Question 9

What is the equation for relative risk?

Answer 9

RR= risk in exposed/ risk in nonexposed