UNDERSTANDING EPIDEMIOLOGY STUDY IN MEDICAL STATISTICS Who is an Epidemiologist? An epidemiologist is someone who studies the distribution of diseases within populations of people and factors related to them. Epidemiologist analyzes what causes disease outbreaks in order to treat existing diseases and prevent future outbreaks. What are some of the things an epidemiologist is interested in studying? 1. Epidemiologists identify the cause of disease and determine the extent of disease. 2. Epidemiologists evaluate preventive and therapeutic measures for a disease or condition. 3. Epidemiologists determine the crucial difference between those who get the disease and those who are spared. 4. Epidemiologists study exposed and non-exposed people. 5. Epidemiologists also determine the crucial effect of the exposure. The difference between the two broad types of epidemiology. Descriptive epidemiology examines the distribution of disease in a population and observes the...
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Time Series Analysis Using ARIMA Model For Forecasting In R (Practical) Time series refers to a set of observations on a particular variable recorded in time sequence. This time sequence or space can be hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly. Why time series analysis 1. Its emphasis is to support decision making 2. To fit a mathematical model and then proceed to forecast the future. The tool that we will be using for the practice is the RStudio you can click on the link below and download the RStudio setup and install it; https://rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/ The dataset that will be used is the daily-minimum-temperatures-in-me.csv you can download it from Kaggle. Below is the link to download the daily minimum temperatures in me dataset; https://www.kaggle.com/paulbrabban/daily-minimum-temperatures-in-melbourne The libraries that will be used for the model in time se...