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1 EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOSTATISTICS REVIEW, PART I Tommy Byrd MSII
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4 Know the 4 scales of data measurement Nominal Ordinal Interval Ratio
5 Nominal scale data are divided into qualitative categories or groups Male Female Black White Suburban Rural
6 Ordinal scale data has an order Class rankings data (1 st / 2 nd / 3 rd ) Answers to these types of questions: **But it does not describe the size of the interval (eg. it cannot tell by how many percentage points Tommy is ranked 1 st in his class)
7 Interval scale data has order and a set interval Celsius (and Fahrenheit) temperatures Anno Domini years (1990, 1991, 1992, etc.) **But ratios of this kind of data are not meaningful 100 C is not twice as hot as 50 C because 0 C does not indicate a complete absence of heat
8 Ratio scale data has order, a set interval, and is based on an absolute zero Kelvin temperatures MOST BIOMEDICAL VARIABLES Weight (grams, pounds) Time (seconds, days à zero is the starting point of measurement) Age (years) Blood pressure (mmhg) Pulse (beats per minute) With these types of data ratios are valid: 300K is twice as hot as 150K A pulse rate of 120 beats/min is twice as fast as a pulse rate of 60 beats/min
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10 Many naturally occurring phenomena are distributed in the bell-shaped normal or Gaussian distribution Score (Blood pressure, cholesterol, etc.)
11 Skewed distributions are described by the location of the tail of the curve, not the location of the hump a.k.a. Left skew a.k.a. Right skew
12 Know the measures of central tendency Mode Median Mean Score
13 Mode is the value that occurs with the greatest frequency Bimodal distribution!
14 Median is the value that divides the distribution in half Odd # total elements: the median is the middle one Even # total elements: the median is the average of the two middle ones **Very useful measure of central tendency for highly skewed distributions
15 Mean (the average) is the sum of all values divided by the total # of values Unlike median and mode, it is very sensitive to extreme scores Therefore NOT good for measuring skewed distributions Repeated samples drawn from the same population will tend to have very similar means Therefore the mean is the measure of central tendency that BEST resists the influence of fluctuation between different samples
16 Match the mean, median, and mode each with its corresponding hash mark The image cannot be displayed. Your computer may not have enough memory to open the image, or the image may have been corrupted. Restart your computer, and then open the file again. If the red x still appears, you may have to delete the image and then insert it again. Glaser, Anthony N. High-yield Biostatistics, Epidemiology, & Public Health. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 9. Print.
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18 Normal distributions with identical measures of central tendency can have different variabilities Variability = the extent to which their scores are clustered together or scattered about The image cannot be displayed. Your computer may not have enough memory to open the image, or the image may have been corrupted. Restart your computer, and then open the file again. If the red x still appears, you may have to delete the image and then insert it again. How do we measure this variability???
19 Standard deviation (σ) measures how far away, on average, that values lay away from the mean of the population Remember the last infectious disease quiz? Let s assume the mean (average) grade was a 70% with a normal distribution If the σ was really HIGH, there was probably a bunch of A s and a bunch So, since of F s we in addition gun hard, to B s and how C s can and D s we use standard deviation to tell If exactly the σ was how really we LOW, did most in comparison people probably to got everybody a high D or low else? C
20 By MEMORIZING these numbers! Approx. 68% of the distribution falls within ±1 standard deviations Approx. 95% of the distribution falls within ±2 standard deviations Approx. 99.7% of the distribution falls within ±3 standard deviations A) 9-11 Therefore, assuming the σ of B) the test 2-3 scores was 10 points, we can assume the following: C) D) 4-6 So, out of a class of 100, about how many people got an A? (assume extra credit was possible) E) Grade (%)
21 The z score is simply how many standard deviations the element lies above or below the mean A table of z scores compares the z score to the Area beyond Z 65 z = 0.5 Grade (%) 85 z = + 1.5
22 The z score is simply how many standard deviations the element lies above or below the mean A table of z scores compares the z score to the Area beyond Z 6.7% got beyond an 85% on our startlingly realistic, made-up test ~7 people here
23 Therefore the z score can be used to specify probability We know that 6.7% of the class has a grade above 85%, so the probability of one randomly selected person from this population having a grade above 85% is 6.7%, or 0.067
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25 What if we don t know every single person s score on the test? But, through some stealthy looking-over-shoulders while people check their online test scores, we can get a sample of random scores How close to the actual class average will our sample be? One sample representing one score The # of times that the average of a sample of 4 scores is ~80% n = the size of each sample 0% 70% 100%
26 The standard error of the mean (SEM) is the standard deviation over the square root of the sample size SEM = σ/ n Recall that the standard deviation (σ) of this test was 10 percentage points SEM = 10/ 1 = 10 SEM = 10/ 4 = 5 SEM = 10/ 7 = 3.8 0% 70% 100% SEM = 10/ 10 = 3.2
27 Standard error (SEM) can be used in the same way as standard deviation But remember that SEM decreases as n é Now we have gathered a sample of 10 random scores from our classmates, so: SEM = σ/ n SEM = 10/ 10 = 3.2 **Do you remember how much of the population falls within 2 standard deviations (or SEMs) of the mean?
28 95% confidence limits are approximately equal to the sample mean plus or minus 2 standard errors Practically, the 95% confidence interval is the range in which the means 95% of samples would be expected to fall In other words, there is a 95% chance that the average of our random sample would be in this range µ 3 SEM µ 2 SEM µ 1 SEM µ + 1 SEM µ + 2 SEM µ + 3 SEM
29 95% confidence limits are approximately equal to the sample mean plus or minus 2 standard errors Remember, the σ on our test was 10%, and the mean was a 70%. We are randomly sampling 10 scores (n=10) So the standard error (SEM) = σ/ n = 10/ 10 = 3.2% We just decided that our sample has a 95% chance of falling within 2 SEMs of the average So our 95% confidence interval is 70% ± 2(SEM) = 70% ± 2(3.2%) = 70% ± 6.4% = 63.6% % A random sample of 10 people s scores on this test has a 95% chance of averaging between 63.6% and 76.4% The width of the confidence interval reflects precision
30 How would we double the precision of an estimate? Double the sample size? We need to quadruple the sample size! SEM = σ/ n
31 If we do not know the σ of our population, can we still calculate SEM? Pretend we don t have any fancy ExamSoft statistics from our test, only our sample of 10 scores We can calculate the standard deviation of the 10 scores in our sample (S), and substitute it in for σ in the SEM equation to come up with the estimated standard error of the mean Estimated standard error = S / n
32 The t score is to the z score as the estimated standard error is to the σ Similar to P values! For USMLE purposes, consider degrees of freedom (df) to equal n-1 So what do we do with all this? t = the number of estimated standard errors away from the sample mean
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34 There are 7 steps in hypothesis testing 1) State the null and alternative hypothesis, H 0 and H A H 0 = no difference H A = there is a difference 2) Select the decision criterion α ( level of significance ) 3) Establish the critical values of t 4) Draw a random sample, find its mean 5) Calculate the standard deviation of the sample (S) and find the estimated standard error of the sample 6) Calculate the value of the test statistic t that corresponds to the mean of the sample (t calc ) 7) Compare the calculated value of t with the critical values of t, then accept or reject the null hypothesis
35 Step 1: State the null and alternative hypotheses We want to test Julia Silva s claim: Because of Tommy and Danielle s amazing biostats presentation, the average Step 1 score of our class will be 260 Null hypothesis = The mean score is 260 Alternative hypothesis = The mean score is not 260 We could ask for the score of every student, but we would rather take a random representative sample so we can save time Again, our sample size will be 10 randomly selected students
36 Step 2: Select the decision criteria α Random sampling error (this is normal) will always cause our sample mean to deviate slightly from the true mean We have to decide what an acceptable level of this chance deviation is α is conventionally set at 0.05 If the probability of obtaining the sample mean is greater than 0.05, H 0 is accepted: The class indeed scored an average of 260 If the probability of obtaining the sample mean less than 0.05, H 0 is rejected: The class average is either above or below 260
37 Step 3: Establish the critical values of t α = 0.05 Sample size (n) = 10 students, so df = 9 So t crit = ±2.262
38 Step 4: Draw a random sample and calculate the mean of the sample Average = 257
39 Step 5: Calculate standard deviation and estimated standard error of the sample In our sample, standard deviation (S) = 15 (You don t have to know the equation for standard deviation on the USMLE) Estimated standard error = S / n = 15 / 10 = 4.747
40 Step 6: Calculate t from the data Remember, similar to a z-value, the t-score represents the # of estimated standard means that the sample mean lays away from the hypothesized mean Our average score was 257, which is 3 points away from our hypothesized average of 260 Therefore, our t-value is the # of estimated standard errors contained in 3 points Our estimated standard error from the last slide is This gives a t-score (t calc ) of: 3 / = 0.632
41 Step 7: Compare t-values and be very concerned that Julia Silva is a psychic Our calculated t-value (same thing as t-score) is Our critical t-value is ±2.262 Clearly our calculated t lies between +2.2 and 2.2, therefore: H 0 is accepted and reported as follows: The hypothesis that the mean Step 1 score of the medschool class is 260 was accepted, t = 0.632, df = 9, p t=0
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43 Error types indicate that you accepted the wrong hypothesis Type I Error False-positive error You accept the alternative hypothesis when there is no difference Also known as alpha (α) error à yes, this is referring to the α we just talked about The p-value is the probability of making a type I error Type II Error False-negative error You fail to reject the null hypothesis when there actually is a difference Also known as β error β is the probability of making a type II error
44 A study with greater power has less type II (β) error The power of a statistical test = 1 β The power represents the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is in fact false (vs. accepting it in β error); we want this to happen! Conventionally, a study is required to have a power of 0.8 (or a β of 0.2) to be acceptable Power increases as α increases à trade off High-yield point: Increasing the sample size is the most practical and important way of increasing the power of a statistical test
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46 Nonexperimental (descriptive or analytic) study designs Cohort studies Group without disease are selected and followed for an extended period Some members may have already been exposed to risk factor Exception: Inception Cohorts follow those recently diagnosed to track progression Can estimate incidence Not good for rare diseases Historical cohort study = retrospective cohort study
47 Nonexperimental (descriptive or analytic) study designs Case-control studies All are retrospective Compare people who do have the disease (the cases) w/ otherwise similar people who do not have the disease Start w/ outcome then LOOK BACK into the past for possible independent variables that may have caused the disease Cheap, good for rare or that take a long time to develop
48 Nonexperimental (descriptive or analytic) study designs Case-series studies Essentially a series of case reports that may link disease to exposure, but NOT controlled, as in case-control (no group w/o the disease compared to) Eg. Kaposis s sarcoma
49 Nonexperimental (descriptive or analytic) study designs Prevalence survey Survey ( snap shot ) of a whole population, also asks about risk factors individually Prevalence ratio = the prevalence of a disease in people who have and have not been exposed to a risk factor Likely to overrepresent chronic diseases and underrepresent acute diseases
50 Nonexperimental (descriptive or analytic) study designs Ecological studies Check non-individual info (eg. study of the rate of diabetes in countries with different levels of automobile ownership) May be experimental: Community intervention trials Experimental group consists of an entire community, while the control group is an otherwise similar community that is not subject to any kind of intervention
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52 Bias occurs from systemic (rather than random) errors when one outcome is systematically favored over another What is the difference between selection bias and sampling bias? The image cannot be displayed. Your computer may not have enough memory to open the image, or the image may have been corrupted. Restart your computer, and then open the file again. If the red x still appears, you may have to delete the image and then insert it again. The image cannot be displayed. Your computer may not have enough memory to open the image, or the image may have been corrupted. Restart your computer, and (Referral bias) then open the file again. If the red x still appears, you may have to delete the image and then insert it again. (Magazine subscribers in great depression)
53 Bias occurs from systemic (rather than random) errors when one outcome is systematically favored over another The image cannot be displayed. Your computer may not have enough memory to open the image, or the image may have been corrupted. Restart your computer, and then open the file again. If the red x still appears, you may have to delete the image and then insert it again. The image cannot be displayed. Your computer may not have enough memory to open the image, or the image may have been corrupted. Restart your computer, and then open the file again. If the red x still appears, you may have to delete the image and then insert it again. (Putting all whites in drug group and blacks in control group for treating a racially selective disease) Race = confounding variable
54 Bias occurs from systemic (rather than random) errors when one outcome is systematically favored over another The image cannot be displayed. Your computer may not have enough memory to open the image, or the image may have been corrupted. Restart your computer, and then open the file again. If the red x still appears, you may have to delete the image and then insert it again. The image cannot be displayed. Your computer may not have enough memory to open the image, or the image may have been corrupted. Restart your computer, and then open the file again. If the red x still appears, you may have to delete the image and then insert it again. The image cannot be displayed. Your computer may not have enough memory to open the image, or the image may have been corrupted. Restart your computer, and then open the file again. If the red x still appears, you may have to delete the image and then insert it again.
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