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Biostatistics and Epidemiology Overview

The document outlines key concepts in biostatistics and epidemiology, including definitions of incidence, prevalence, morbidity, and mortality, as well as types of studies such as descriptive, analytical, and experimental. It also discusses statistical measures like mean, median, mode, and standard deviation, along with inferential statistics methods like hypothesis testing and regression. Additionally, it touches on risk assessment, policy development, and evidence-based practice in public health.

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Biostatistics and Epidemiology Overview

The document outlines key concepts in biostatistics and epidemiology, including definitions of incidence, prevalence, morbidity, and mortality, as well as types of studies such as descriptive, analytical, and experimental. It also discusses statistical measures like mean, median, mode, and standard deviation, along with inferential statistics methods like hypothesis testing and regression. Additionally, it touches on risk assessment, policy development, and evidence-based practice in public health.

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REFLECTION

BIOSTATICTICS
Epidemiology Biostatistics
It is the study to collect data,
It is the study of disease,
analysing and understanding.
and how it occurs in the
This is use especially in
human population and
medicine or public health to
the disease pattern.
gather information.
Incidence Prevalence Morbidity
Total number of
Acute condition and individuals with existing Individuals with
accidents diseases within the specific health
community. condition or illnesses.

Mortality Risk Factor


Factors that increase the
Total number of deaths possibility to develop
in a population diseases or illnesses; eg.
family history, sex/gender,
age etc.
Incidence Rate
Deals with the new cases only

Prevalence Rate
It deals with the total number of old and new cases
such as chronic condition or/and dissability.

Attack Rate
Newly discovered cases in a particular disease
Descriptive Studies Analytical Studies Experimental Studies

This study identify


the cause and
Scientific method that
It involves describing effect and answer manipulates one or more
or observing the “what” and variables to observe
something such as
“why it happens” behavior or mental
population or a
an to know if the processes.
certain situation.
risk is high or low.
Population
These are the total people that being studied.
Sample
Small part of the population used to the study

Variable
Something that can change in a study.
Quantitative Quantitative
It's numerical data that can be it is a collecting data that is non
measured. This data can be numerical. This data is more
either continuous or discrete. likely uses words in the study.
Continuous Nominal
Can be measured within its own A categorical data that has
range labels without an inherent order.
Discrete Ordinal
It take specific and distinct data. It is a type of categorical data with a
proper ranking or order, but the interval
within the rank may not be equal.
Mean DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS Median
Average of a set of
numbers. You get it This is the method that Middle value when
simply by adding all of the use to summarize and the numbers are
numbers together and describe the data using divided from the
dividing by the total tables or graphs. smallest to largest.
amount of numbers.

Mode Range Variance


Shows the amount that the
This is the difference numbers deviate from the
This is a value that between the lowest mean. It is calculated by
occurred the most in a value and the highest averaging the squared
data set. value. differences between each
number and the mean.
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
Standard Deviation Frequency Distribution Graphs

A way of organizing
These are visual aids that
Statistical data to show how
helps viewers to
often each value or
measure of a range of values
understand the data more
clearly.
variable. appears
Hypothesis Testing INFERENTIAL STATISTICS p-value
Method used to check if Is about making a
the data has enough conclusion in a Probability of
evidence to support or population based on obtaining a result.
reject a claim the given data of a
sample.

Confidence Interval (CI) T-test


Is a range of values Used to know if the
that contains unknown different of two
parameter samples is significant
INFERENTIAL STATISTICS

Chi-square ANOVA

Used by comparing the


Used to know if the means of different
data is related or not to groups by studying
the expected result their variance.
Regression
Method used to show the relation between variables.

Surveillance
Means keeping track of things that are important.

Program Evaluation
A process that happens after an event, program, or a project where the
effectiveness is being analyzed to determine if the objectives are met
and to identify what other things can be improved for the next program.
Risk Assessment
This is where we identify possible hazards and analyze what could
be the outcome if this particular hazard takes place.

Policy Development
This is where we implement rules or guidelines that will address issues
that occurred.

Evidence-based practice
It's a practice where you use a process that have the best evidence
available to ensure the specific need of the patient.
Members
Members
AVILA, Jona Marie
ARANETA, Jefferson
TOSOC, Allona
REYES, Graciella
SALDIA, Jhannel
TUAZON, Kimberly
GARADO, Shakira
VENCIO, Lory Ann

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