The main difference between descriptive and analytical epidemiology is that descriptive epidemiology generates hypotheses on risk factors and causes of disease, whereas analytical epidemiology tests hypotheses by assessing the determinants of diseases, focusing on risk factors and causes as well as, analyzing the distribution of exposures and diseases. Furthermore, descriptive epidemiology is comparatively a small and less complex study … Continue reading What is the Difference Between Descriptive and Analytic Epidemiology