Natural experiments — Flashcards

_____ studies are observational studies that compare a group of people with disease to a group without disease

Can you use an ecological study to make conclusions regarding individuals within the populations of study?_____

A method of statistical analysis that pools summary data (ex. means, RRs) from multiple studies for a more precise estimate of the size of an effect is known as _____

The power of a study is increased with _____ expected effect size

What type of study is at the pinnacle of the hierarchy of medical evidence?_____

What type of studies assess the frequency of a given characteristic and a given outcome using population data?_____

What is the ANOVA test used for? (biostatistics)

prevalence (epidemiology)

meta-analysis (epidemiology)

incidence (epidemiology)