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Sort each measure by its family

Exercise and reference answers

Items
  1. Group
    Ratio
    Item
    Risk ratio
  2. Group
    Proportion
    Item
    Attack rate
  3. Group
    Rate
    Item
    Crude death rate
  4. Group
    Ratio
    Item
    Odds ratio
  5. Group
    Proportion
    Item
    Point prevalence
  6. Group
    Rate
    Item
    Infant mortality
  7. Group
    Ratio
    Item
    Death-to-case
  8. Group
    Proportion
    Item
    Secondary attack
  9. Group
    Rate
    Item
    Cause-specific
Groups
  1. Item
    Ratio
  2. Item
    Proportion
  3. Item
    Rate
Instructions
Drag each measure into the column for ratio, proportion or rate.

Explanation

_Source: CDC Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice (3rd ed., US federal, public domain), Lesson 3 "Measures of Risk", section Definition of rate_
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