Data Classification
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Research
100

The term used to describe qualitative data that is limited to 2 categories.

What is Dichotomous?

100

The average is also know as this

What is the mean?

100

The state of being symptomatic or unhealthy for a disease or condition.

What is morbidity?

100

This part of a research report should contain a condensed version of the purpose, methods, results, and conclusion.

What is an abstract?

200

Temperature is an example of this type of data.

What is interval?

200

What is a perfect negative correlation?

200

This reflects the number of existing cases of a disease.

What is prevalence?

200

A study design that randomly assigns participants into an experimental group or a control group (3 words).

What is a randomized controlled trial?

300

Descriptions of gingival conditions like color and consistency are examples of this type of data.

What is nominal?

300

What skew is shown here?


What is negative?

300

MMWR stands for what?

What is the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report?

300

This sampling method provides a sample in which each member of a population has an equal chance of being included & is the procedure of choice because it prevents the possibility of selection bias by the researcher (3- words).

What is randomized controlled sampling?

400

Data that are whole numbers and not broken down.

What is discrete?

400

The measure of the amount of variation of a random variable expected about its mean.

What is standard deviation?

400

This oral health report is is designed to guide national health promotion and disease prevention efforts to improve the health of the nation.

What is Healthy People?

400

This considers clinical experience, best evidence and patient preferences.

What is evidence based decision-making?

500

The number of patients seen in a day is an example of this type of data.

What is discrete?

500

A statistical method used to analyze the differences between the means of two or more groups or treatments.

What is ANOVA?

500

The extent to which the observed results represent the truth in the population we are studying

What is internal validity?

500

The type of research sampling that takes a sample from every nth subject, which can be determined by dividing the total population size by the desired sample size.

What is systematic sampling?