Population study is an
interdisciplinary field
Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project). It draws knowledge from several fields such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, economi ...
of
scientific study that uses various
statistical methods
Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a s ...
and models to analyse, determine, address, and predict population challenges and trends from data collected through various
data collection
Data collection or data gathering is the process of gathering and measuring information on targeted variables in an established system, which then enables one to answer relevant questions and evaluate outcomes. Data collection is a research com ...
methods such as
population census, registration method,
sampling, and some other systems of data sources.
In the various fields of healthcare, a population study is a study of a group of individuals taken from the general
population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...
who share a common characteristic, such as age,
sex, or health condition. This group may be studied for different reasons, such as their
response to a drug or
risk of getting a disease.
See also
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Demography
Demography () is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition (e.g., ethnic group, age), and how they change through the interplay of fertility (births), mortality (deaths), and migration.
Demographic analysis examine ...
References
External links
Population studyentry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Clinical research
Epidemiology
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