Basic Concepts of Epidemiology 2: Broad Types of Epidemiology
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What is the main focus of descriptive epidemiology?

  • Conducting community health surveys (correct)
  • Formulating hypotheses
  • Establishing control groups
  • Testing specific hypotheses
  • Which type of study design is synonymous with community health surveys in epidemiology?

  • Cohort study
  • Case-control study
  • Experimental study
  • Cross-sectional study (correct)
  • What is the primary goal of analytic epidemiology?

  • Formulating hypotheses
  • Observing basic features of disease distribution
  • Testing specific hypotheses (correct)
  • Conducting community health surveys
  • In epidemiology, what does the term 'cohort study' primarily involve?

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    What is a key characteristic of case-control studies in epidemiology?

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