MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion
Unit 1 Seminar Quiz
Question 1
Clinical epidemiology is best defined as:
Question options:
1)
Clinically treating people in a defined setting with a defined type of condition.
2)
The study of disease occurring in human populations.
3)
Using the best available research in conjunction with clinical expertise and individual patient situation and values.
4)
Making predictions about individual patients by counting clinical events in groups of similar patients, using strong scientific methods for predictions.
Question 2
Regarding populations in epidemiology; the population should:
Question options:
1)
be relevant to the question being asked
2)
be susceptible to the outcome of interest
3)
be described in sufficient detail so as to understand how the prevalence would apply
4)
all of the above
Question 3
Serum potassium 3.5 is an example of what type of data?
Question options:
1)
nominal
2)
interval- continuous
3)
interval- discrete
4)
ordinal
Question 4
To establish validity on clinical measurements such as pain, nausea, and dyspnea, information may be obtained by
Question options:
1)
two nurses confirming
2)
the family supporting the symptom
3)
measurement scales and questionnaires
4)
beneficence
Question 5
Measures of central tendency include
Question options:
1)
reliability
2)
mean, median, mode
3)
range
4)
incidence
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