MEE 0844 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: National Institutes Of Health, The Control Group, Krypto
31 May 2016
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Process of using observations and experiments to draw evidence-based conclusions: not just a body of established facts, it"s a way of knowing, it"s a way of understanding, thinking. Scientists draw conclusions from the best evidence they have at any one time. Therefore conclusions can be changed, modified in the future as new evidence/ better data is uncovered (improved technology) *it is very difficult to ascertain the health effects of a single food/drink! The human body is extremely complex, a lot of factors. A fact or measurement about something that has actually occurred. Informal observation didn"t plan to find it: has not been systematically tests, anecdotal evidence can lead to formation of questions, ex. people taking high blood pressure medicine had a side effect of regrowing hair (rogain) Data interpretation and conclusions made based on the facts but not specifically tested. Smith"s work suggests that increasing fossil fuel consumption increases ocean water temperature.
