Statistics

Question 1

The difference in risk of a particular condition between those who are affected and those who are not

Answer 1

Attributable risk

Question 2

The odds of an event happening in the affected group expressed as a proportion of the odds of an event happening in the unaffected group

Answer 2

Odds ratio

Question 3

The rate of disease in the affected group divided by the rate of disease in the control group multiplied by the usual rate of the disease in the unaffected group

Answer 3

Absolute risk

Question 4

The rate of disease in the affected group divided by the rate of disease in the unaffected group

Answer 4

Relative risk