Match the type of epidemiology/study with the example: Descriptive Epidemiology

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Match the type of epidemiology/study with the example:

Descriptive Epidemiology            

Experimental Study        

Case Control Study         

Case Control Study         

Cross-Sectional Study    

Cohort Study     

Ecological Study

1. _______This type of study is the strongest at proving or disproving association and allows the researcher to control exposure to cases and controls.

2. _______Examples of this type of a study include BRFSS, NHANES, PRAMS.

3. _______This is not a study but a form of epidemiology that includes analyzing rates, proportions, and ratios.

4. _______This type of study is most often used with testing a null hypothesis for an outbreak since you know the outcome/disease and who are the cases.

5. _______This is the weakest study but can be the start to further testing the association between a risk/exposure and disease/disability/death.

6. _______This type of study follows a group of people over a length of time to determine if certain exposures result in certain outcomes.

7. _______The Framingham Study is an example of this kind of study.

8. _______Janet Lane-Clayton performed this kind of study to understand breast cancer.

9. _______James Lind performed this kind of study that identified lemons and oranges were protective against scurvy.

Explanation / Answer

1. Experimental Study

2. Epidemiological Study / Descriptive Epidemiology

3. Descriptive epidemiology

4. Descriptive Epidemiology

5. Cross Sectional Study

6. Cohort Study

7. Cohort Study

8. Cohort Study

9. Case Control Study

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