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Epidemology

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Odds ratio   show
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show A level of significance which determines whether to reject or accept the hypothesis  
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show 95% confident that the population value lies within this range. Probability that the value will be accurate at a 95% confidence  
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Sporadic   show
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show When a farmer cannot remember the full details of an event which happened within the past - i.e. vaccinations, clinical signs  
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Incidence   show
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show The number of instances of disease or infection in a known population at a designated time, without distinction between old and new cases.  
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Case control study   show
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show Variables which can have an adverse effect on result (i.e. age, sex, breed)  
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3 conditions which must be fulfilled for something to be a confounder in a study   show
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show A characteristic or exposure which increases the likeliness for disease  
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show Something which can happen in the future  
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show Outcome has not happened yet, able to follow over time - providing more time for clinical signs to arise and be identified. Good for investigating rare exposures.  
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show The probability that it will reject a false null hypothesis  
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What would need to happen to sample size if power needed to be at a higher level (i.e. 90% power)   show
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