Which of the Following Is Not a Characteristic of Epidemiology

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a characteristic of epidemiology?

• A) It provides the basis for planning and evaluation of health services.
• B) It allows causal inference from descriptive data.
• C) It allows comparisons by age, sex, and race.
• D) It uses case reports, case series, and cross-sectional studies.
• E) It identifies problems to be studied by analytic methods.

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Definitions:

Last Month

A reference to the calendar month immediately preceding the current one.

Times A Day

A frequency measure indicating the number of times an event occurs within a single day.

Inferential Statistics

A branch of statistics that uses a random sample of data taken from a population to describe and make inferences about that population.

Descriptive Statistics

Statistical methods that summarize and describe the features of a data set, including measures of central tendency and variability.