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1
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what does the P value mean

A

probability of getting a result as extreme or more extreme if the null hypothesis is true (i.e.. no difference)

2
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when do we reject null hypothesis

A

P less than or equal to 0.05

3
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T/F: P values measure how likely study hypothesis is true

A

FALSE

4
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What is a confidence interval

A

a range of values that could be plausibly generated by the sample

5
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When you want to be more “confident” what occurs with the confidence interval?

A

It gets wider so you can capture the true value more often

6
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define sensitivity

A

how well does a test correctly identify those with a disease (TP/all with disease)

7
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specificity

A

how well a test correctly identifies those WITHOUT a disease (TN/all without disease)

8
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PPV

A

of those that test positive, what proportion actually have disease

9
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NPV

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of those who test negative, what proportion actually don’t have the disease

10
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What happens to sensitivity/specificity/PPV/NPV when prevalence changes

A

Sensitivity/specificity don’t change

  • PPV increases with increasing prevalence, decreases with decreasing prevalence
  • NPV decreases with increasing prevalence and increases with decreasing prevalence
11
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Receiver Operating characteristic

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describes intrinsic accuracy of a test considering various threshold changes

  • larger area under curve indicates greater discriminating ability of test
12
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number needed to treat/screen (NNT/NNS)

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what is the impact of the treatment

- number of ppl you need to treat/screen to prevent 1 bad outcome

13
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What does a higher NNT mean

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increased number needed to treat = less effective test

14
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Case-control study

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select ppl with/without disease or outcome. Compared with controls regarding past exposures

15
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Cohort study

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select ppl with exposure/not but are initially free of the outcome. Followed and assess incidence of outcome in both exposure groups

16
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ODDS Ration

A

Odds of disease in exposed/odds of dz in non-exposed

ad/bc

17
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main difference between cohort and case-control study

A

start with exposure in cohort and outcome in case-control