Biostatistics — Flashcards

Flashcard 131: c65872b736324b578b20a22eef5c027a-ao-1

Answer: tests of significance

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Flashcard 132: diagnostic capacity of a test is given by _____

Answer: positive predictive value

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Flashcard 133: Relative or Standard Normal Deviate or Variate (Z) _____

Answer: \(Z = \frac {Observation - Mean}{SD}\)

Extra: y

Flashcard 134: _____ plot

Answer: spearman correalation

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Flashcard 135: _____ predictive value varies inversely with pretest probability

Answer: Negative

Flashcard 136: When lowering the cutoff point for a disease, the _____ and PPV will decrease

Answer: specificity

Flashcard 137: Bar graphs can be used for representing _____ scale data that forms discrete categories

Answer: ordinal/nominal

Flashcard 138: _____ is least affected by outliers but mean is the most affected out of all the measures of location.

Answer: Mode

Flashcard 139: _____ = (1 - sensitivity) / specificity

Answer: Negative likelihood ratio

Flashcard 140: Histograms can be used for representing _____ scale data that forms continuous categories

Answer: quantitative