Cross-sectional studies — Flashcards

Are cross-sectional surveys useful for measuring incidence and/or prevalence? _____

Prevalence is _____ to incidence for short duration disease (e.g. chronic cold)

What type of study uses subjects as their own controls?_____

For a short duration disease, how are prevalence and incidence related? _____

A meta-analysis improves the strength of evidence and _____ of study findings

What is the ANOVA test used for? (biostatistics)

prevalence (epidemiology)

meta-analysis (epidemiology)

incidence (epidemiology)

What kind of study compares one group of people with disease to another group of people without disease and looks for an exposure or risk factor that explains the difference?