Evidence Based Medicine Flashcards
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What is a cohort study?
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A form of longitudinal study that samples a cohort (a group of people who share a defining characteristic, typically those who experienced a common event in a selected period, such as birth or graduation), performing a cross-section at intervals through time.
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What is a confidence interval?
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A confidence interval gives an estimated range of values which is likely to contain the population parameter of interest
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What is qualitative research?
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Qualitative data is defined as the data that approximates and characterizes and is non-numerical
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What is quatitative data?
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Quatitative data is anything that can be expressed as a number or quantified
