hods- Fall 2001幻灯片.pptVIP

Epidemiologic Methods- Fall 2001 Definitions of Epidemiology The study of the distribution and determinants (causes) of disease e.g. cardiovascular epidemiology The method used to conduct human subject research the methodologic foundation of any research where individual humans or groups of humans are the unit of observation Understanding Measurement: Aspects of Reproducibility and Validity Review Measurement Scales Reproducibility importance sources of measurement variability methods of assessment by variable type: interval vs categorical Validity methods of assessment gold standards pr