A pandemic is an epidemic that occurs in a very limited geographic area, such as a single city
Which of the following is NOT a way that animal population s…
Which of the following is NOT a way that animal population surveys can be used as disease indicators?
A significance level (alpha) of 0.10 indicates that a resear…
A significance level (alpha) of 0.10 indicates that a researcher is willing to take what chance of accepting the null hypothesis when it should have been rejected?
Rate is a ratio that measures the frequency or occurrence of…
Rate is a ratio that measures the frequency or occurrence of an event over time.
An attack rate which is equal between those exposed to an it…
An attack rate which is equal between those exposed to an item and those unexposed indicates that the item is responsible for the disease
An epidemiological hypothesis is likely to change as informa…
An epidemiological hypothesis is likely to change as information about a disease is gained
When the onset of symptoms of a disease occur, the disease h…
When the onset of symptoms of a disease occur, the disease has entered which stage?
An epidemiologist is studying the rate of heart disease with…
An epidemiologist is studying the rate of heart disease within a population. Heart disease is a chronic disease and it is often unclear when the disease first began in patients. What would be the best rate to use in describing heart disease?
Of the 45 children not receiving the mumps vaccine, 18 devel…
Of the 45 children not receiving the mumps vaccine, 18 develop mumps and the remaining 27 did not. What was the risk of developing the mumps for the unvaccinated children?
The infant mortality rate is usually expressed as number of…
The infant mortality rate is usually expressed as number of deaths per 1,000 live births