Questions

Put T or F
Cross-sectional study is the best analytical study ()
Cohort study can be a retrospective study ()
Case- control is always a prospective study ()
Cross-sectional study analyze data collected on a group of
people at a point of time ()
Cohort studies are optimal for studying rare risk factors of
the diseases ()
Purposive sample is a non probability sample ().
Proportion is a useful parameter for the quantitative data
type ().
In case-control studies one of its difficulties is to ensure that
cases and controls are matched ().
Stratified random sample is not a random sample ().
Arithmetic mean is a summary for ordinal data ().
Retrospective study means that future events must be
studied ().
Incidence and prevalence rates of the disease can be
calculated from case control studies ().

Complete
Incidence rate of disease can be calculated from --------studies.
Prevalence rate can be calculated from ------------- studies.

 ----------- studies are optimal for studying risk factors of rare

diseases.
---------- studies are suitable for studying etiology of diseases
with short incubation period.

Q- Two samples were taken from two villages to assess whether the
presence of Schistosomiasis are different from each other or not.
-

What

is

the

type

of

this

variable

(presence

of

Schistosomiasos)?
- Try to present your data?
-What is the type of test you will use to detect statistical
difference?

Q- 20 males and 20 females were included in a study to assess

whether blood sugar are different regarding sex or not.
- What is the type of this variable (blood sugar)?

- Try to present your data?

-What is the type of test you will use to detect statistical

difference?

Q- Give short notes on the following:

a- Advantage and disadvantages of
- Descriptive or
- Cohort or
-case control studies
b- Screening test
c- Factors affecting sample size
d- Data collection tools