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Question - Explain the importance of validity and reliability in diagnostic testing or research. Describe how validity relates to sensitivity and specificity in diagnostic testing. Identify a health screen specific to a diagnostic test that is currently being debated regarding its use, recommended ages, or frequency, and discuss how validity and reliability play into this debate. What other factors should you consider when you assess the recommendations for a diagnostic test or screen?
Read Chapters 3-5 and 18 in Gordis Epidemiology.
Read "Goodness of Measurement: Reliability and Validity," by Bajpai and Bajpai, from International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health (2014).
View "How to Create an Epidemic Curve," by Martin (2016), located on the YouTube website.
View "Know How to Interpret an Epidemic Curve?" by Martin (2017), located on the YouTube website.
Read "Two by Two Tables," by Sullivan, Dean, and Pezzullo, from OpenEpi: Open Source Epidemiologic Statistics for Public Health (2013), located on the OpenEpi website.