Question

Is Relative Risk consideredx Analytic or Descriptive Epidemiology data?

Answer 1

Analytical studies seek to answer the "why" of health and disease trends by measuring the difference between the group being studied and a control group. Studies that for this purpose include experimental and observational studies. Descriptive epidemiological studies have the goal of describing the disease/health status of a population by simply noting what is there. This can be done through case reports, and ecological and cross-sectional studies. In scientific terms, descriptive studies observe trends and help to formulate hypotheses, while analytic studies test those hypotheses. Thus, relative risk is a Descriptive epidemiological studies