LO4: Define epidemiology and describe the main components of an observational study

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Across
  1. 2. The type of data collected directly by the investigator for the purpose of the study.
  2. 6. The odds of getting disease after exposure divided by the odds of getting disease without exposure.
  3. 8. The study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why.
  4. 10. This study analyses data from a population at one point in time.
  5. 12. The investigator does nothing in this study to affect the outcome, just records.
  6. 14. Studies focusing on events that could occur in the future.
  7. 15. The type of data already collected for another purpose but used by the investigator to examine a new question.
  8. 16. Lack of systematic error.
Down
  1. 1. Studying two groups with different known outcomes based on a supposed causal factor.
  2. 3. The probability of disease occurring in the exposed group divided by probability in non-exposed group.
  3. 4. The investigator intervenes in this study to affect the outcome.
  4. 5. A study following a sample of people over time.
  5. 7. Two groups of subjects with unknown outcomes are compared based on a supposed causal factor.
  6. 9. Studies focusing on events/actions that have occurred in the past.
  7. 11. The most well-known criteria for assessing causation in observational studies.
  8. 13. Lack of random error.