Which of the Following Is the Major Focus of Epidemiologists

question 32

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the major focus of epidemiologists?

• A)The discovery of factors essential to disease occurrence
• B)The development of methods for disease prevention
• C)Measuring the level of resistance to antimicrobial agents
• D)Both the discovery of factors essential to disease occurrence and the development of methods for disease prevention
• E)Both the discovery of factors essential to disease occurrence and measuring the level of resistance to antimicrobial agents

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from the sample statistic, that is likely to contain the population parameter with a certain degree of confidence.

Standard Deviation

A measure that quantifies the amount of variability or dispersion of a set of data points around the mean.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from a data set, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter, with a specified level of confidence.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points that are collected in a sample.