Matching Pairs EpidemiologyOnline version Common words used in epidemiology by Maureen Strauss 1 Basic Screening 2 Surveillance 3 Placebo 4 Causality (or Cause and Effect) 5 Epidemiology 6 Trends 7 Eradication 8 Placebo effect (Hawthorne effect) 9 Calibration 10 Pilot study a trial run to evaluate how to control the variables before beginning a larger study Rapid assessment accomplished in a short time by visual detection providing information about gross dental and oral lesions. Ongoing observation, persistent watching over, scrutinizing, constant monitoring, and assessing changes in populations related to disease, conditions, injuries, disabilities or death trends a treatment which has no therapeutic value (looks, taste, etc.; same in appeal) Study of the nature, cause, control, and determinants of the frequency and distribution of disease, disability, and death in human populations Standardization of examiners as they apply epidemiologic measurements Long-term changes or movements in disease patterns and health-related conditions identifies by examining surveillance data Positive treatment results based upon the subjects belief about the efficacy of a treatment intervention or subjects’ knowledge that they are being observed A particular exposure results in a particular outcome Elimination of an infectious disease agent through surveillance and containment