INTRO TO BIOEPI Flashcards
An art of summarizing data
Statistics
Tool in decision making: Use for formulation of judgement
Statistics
Uses of Biostatistics:
Data reduction ____
Tool for _____ research projects and clinical trials
Tool for _____ appraisal and evaluation of programs
Tool in ______ process and policy making
technique
analyzing
objective
decision-making
Life + Science dealing w/ the collection organization, analysis, and interpretation of numerical data
Biostatistics
deals w/ quantitative and qualitative aspects of vital phenomena
Biostatistics
Application of statistical methods to the life sciences: biology, medicine and public health
Biostatistics
Application of Biostatistics:
study of distribution and determinants of health related states and events in the specified population
Epidemiology
study of the human population: size, structure, composition, and distribution in space
Demography
study the functioning of the health care system, health affecting behaviors
Health Economics
study of hereditary and the genes’ function
Genetics and Genomics
2 Branches of Biostats:
Different methods of summarizing and presenting data for easy analyzing and interpreting
Descriptive Statistics
2 Branches of Biostats:
-Computation of measures of central tendency and variability, location
Descriptive Statistics
2 Branches of Biostats:
-Tabulation and graphical presentation, dispersion
Descriptive Statistics
2 Branches of Biostats:
-Facilitate understanding, analysis, and interpretation of data
Descriptive Statistics
2 Branches of Biostats:
Ex: Constructing a statistical table to show the number of OLFU students according to the degree program.
Descriptive Statistics
2 Branches of Biostats:
methods of arriving at conclusions and generalizations about a target population based on info from a sample
Inferential Statistics
2 Branches of Biostats:
Estimation (point (exact value) & interval (range value)) of parameters and hypotheses testing
Inferential Statistics
2 Branches of Biostats:
Sample population will be tested and results will be
used for generalization of target population
Inferential Statistics
2 Branches of Biostats:
Ex: Determining if there is a difference between prevalence of smoking among students in public and private high schools based on results from a school survey
Inferential Statistics
all members of a specified group
Population
subset of population
Sample
measure of characteristic of a population
Parameter
cannot change, value of characteristics that remains the same
Constant
can change; characteristics that takes on diff values, cannot be predicted w/ certainty
Variable
Research Process : PORRSDDW
Problem Identification/ Hypothesis Objective Formulation Review of Related Literature Research Design Sampling Design and Estimation Data Collection and Processing Data Analysis Writing the Report Dissemination of result
Types of Data According to Source:
obtained first-hand by the investigator; he’s the one who did the survey
Primary Data
Types of Data According to Source:
already existing and have already been obtained, obtained by someone but not for primary purpose of their study
Secondary Data
Types of Data:
Categories are simply descriptions or labels to distinguish one group from another
Qualitative
Types of Data According to Functional Relationship:
Dependent
Independent
Types of Variable:
Categories can be measured and ordered according to quantity or amount and can be expressed numerically.
Quantitative
Types of Variable:
Can assume infinite or countable number/ other possible values
Quantitative
Scale of Measurement of Variables:
Simply used as names or identifiers of a category
Categories are simply labels and cannot be used for meaningful rankings
Nominal (Always Qualitative)
Scale of Measurement of Variables:
Represents an ordered series of relationships
It has inherent or implied ranking system or order
Ordinal (May be Qualitative or Quantitative )
Scale of Measurement of Variables:
Does not have a true-zero value starting point
Categories can be measured but 0 point is arbitrary
Interval (Always Quantitative)
Scale of Measurement of Variables:
Modified interval level w/c includes zero as a starting point
Has fixed 0 point (no value)
Ratio (Always Quantitative)
Systematic procedure to ensure that the info/ data gathered are complete, consistent and suitable for analysis
Data Processing (Necessary step before data analysis )
Flowchart: (Which is the correct order)
a. Data Collection → Data Processing (coding, encoding, editing) → Analysis
b. Data Processing → Data Collection (coding, encoding, editing) → Analysis
a
Conversion of verbal/ written info into numbers w/c can be more easily encoded, counted and tabulated
Data Coding
to permit rapid storage of data, to organize and helps avoid errors, so statistical software can perform various analysis on the data
Data Coding
Types of Code:
Actual value or info given by the respondent, as is
Cannot assign any numerical values (1 response only)
Field Code
Types of Code:
Recorded as range of values rather than actual values
Bracket Code
Types of Code:
Codes are assigned to a list of categories of a given variable
Factual Code
Types of Code:
Applicable for questions w/ multiple responses
Pattern Code