Which of the following is a benefit of active surveillance systems in comparison to passive surveillance systems?

A type of bias that refers to the distortion of a measure of association because the exposure is “mixed up” with some other factor that is also associated with the outcome.

Which of the following is a key distinction between descriptive and analytic epidemiology?

When making comparisons of disease frequency across two different populations, it is important to consider which of the following?

If you calculate a p-value of 0.03 and are using an alpha value of 0.05, then your results are “statistically significant.”

A researcher finds that exposure to a newly discovered toxin always leads to a specific neurological disorder, and the disorder has never been observed in individuals without exposure to the toxin.   Based on this information, how would you classify this cause?

Which of the following is an example of a tertiary prevention strategy?

Look at the 2×2 table presented below. Which of the following formulas corresponds to the test’s negative predictive value? DiseaseTotalTest ResultsYesNoPositiveaba+bNegativecdc+dTotala+cb+da+b+c+d

Identify the epidemiologic study design that best fits the following study description. Researchers are interested in investigating the association between income and obesity in the United States. The data they have access to includes the median household income in each county collected in the 2000 U.S. census and the prevalence of obesity in each county during 2010, estimated by a national survey. They use these data to estimate the association between median household income in 2000 and prevalence of obesity in 2010.

Which of the following are the intended uses of public health surveillance programs?