Statistics and Epidemiology Flashcards
What is standard deviation?
Square root of variance
What is variance?
Standard deviation squared
What is the definition of sensitivity?
The proportion of individuals with the disease that were correctly identified by the test
What is the definition of specificity?
The proportion of individuals who were confirmed not to have the disease who were correctly identified as normal by the test
What is a method of estimating distribution?
Histogram
What test is used to compare means between two separate groups of PARAMETRIC data?
Independant student t-test
What test is used to compare means between two separate groups of NON-PARAMETRIC data?
Mann-Whitney U
What test is used to compare results between two paired sample of PARAMETRIC data?
Paired student t-test
What test is used to compare results between two paired sample of NON-PARAMETRIC data?
Wilcoxon signed rank
What test is used to compare three or more measurements on one subject of PARAMETRIC data?
Repeated ANOVA
What test is used to compare three or more measurements on one subject of NON-PARAMETRIC data?
Friedman
What test is used to compare one variable between three or more separate variables of PARAMETRIC data?
One-way ANOVA
What test is used to compare one variable between three or more separate variables of NON-PARAMETRIC data?
Kruskal Wallis
What test is used to look for relationships between two continuous variables of PARAMETRIC data? (i.e. correlation)
Pearson coefficient
(Pearson = parametric)
What test is used to look for relationships between two continuous variables of NON-PARAMETRIC data? (i.e. correlation)
Spearman coefficient
What is level of evidence IV?
Panel of experts - weakest form of evidence
What is level of evidence III?
Evidence from case, correlation, and comparative studies
What is level of evidence IIb?
Evidence from at least one well designed experimental trial
What is level of evidence IIa?
Evidence from at least one well designed controlled trial which is not randomized
What is level of evidence Ib?
Evidence from at least one Randomized Controlled Trial
What is level of evidence Ia?
Evidence from Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
How is SEM (standard error of the mean) calculated?
SEM = SD/square root of sample size
What is standard error?
Allows you to calculate how different the sample mean is likely to be from the population mean
It is a proxy for sampling error
Large SE - LESS likely to represent population
Small SE - MORE likely to represent a population
How do you calculate 95% confidence intervals using SEM?
(mean - 1.96SEM) to (mean + 1.96SEM)
What is the absolute risk?
= the actual risk
What is relative risk?
= the ratio of risk comparing the risk in exposed vs. controlled groups
How is sensitivity calculated?
A/(A+C)
How is specificity calculated?
D/(B+D)
How is negative predictive value (NPV) calculated?
D/(C+D)
What is the NPV?
If the result is negative what is the chance that the patient is ACTUALLY negative
How is positive predictive value (PPV) calculated?
A/(A+B)
What is the PPV?
If the result is positive, what is the chance that the patient is ACTUALLY positive
What is the negative likelihood ratio?
(1-sensitivity)/specifity
A multiplier for how much the risk of having the condition is decreased if the test is negative
What is the positive likelihood ratio?
sensitivity/(1-specifity)
A multiplier for how much more the patient is likely to have the condition if the result is positive
What is the most appropriate method to assess prognosis?
Cohort study
What do parametric tests assume?
Assume a normal distribution of population data for the variable being tested and are used for testing variables within a population that are interval or ratio e.g. height, temperature or age