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4 According to a commercial, drinking water that has been blessed by Bill Nye the Science Guy improves your test scores. You think this is complete nonsense and want to disprove it. So you set up an experiment.

4a Would this be an observational or an empirical study?

4b To test it, for a total of 10 weeks, you take one test every week. Alternating weeks, you will drink regular water (control) and blessed water (treatment). How many replicas will you have?

4c What would be your null-hypothesis?

4d What would be your alternative hypothesis?

4e Name 3 possible confounding factors.

4f What is your independent variable?

4g Wat is your dependent variable?

4hs You set your a-level as always at 0.05, and do a statistical analysis to see if there is a difference in test scores between the two groups. The statistical analysis result is p=0.06 Is there a significant difference in test scores? Yes / No / Donât know

4i Based on the statistical analysis outcomes, does drinking blessed water improve test results? Yes / No / Donât know

4j 10 points A placebo effect is an improvement in a personâs perceived health from taking a non-active ingredient, presumably because of the belief that they are receiving a treatment helps that person to feel better. Your mind is a powerful thing and certainly can influence your health in real ways, so a placebo effect would include real improvements that come from âmind over matterâ as well as simple changes in perception. How can you avoid the placebo effect in this study?

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PNI is one of the most intriguing fields bridging the gap between allopathic and alternative medicines. On the basis of your understanding of PNI, answer the following questions:

How does the PNI complex relate to the placebo effect?

How is the autonomic nervous system (ANS) comprised of the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches similar to the Asian concept of yin and yang?

What are the neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying the effect of yoga?

How is the fight-or-flight response mediated in the autonomic nervous system?

In this part of the assignment, you will apply the knowledge and techniques of CAM models, specifically chiropractic and yoga for a selected illness. On the basis of your research and using the perspective of traditional allopathic medicine, answer the following questions:

What is the overall philosophy behind the treatment methods in yoga?

According to the treatment paradigm, what are the possible causes of the symptoms for common diseases?

What are the benefits and risks of using this method of treatment?

Analyze the similarities and differences between yoga with traditional allopathic medicine?

2. View the following video https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_battling_bad_science?language=en#t-840484

A) The speaker says epidemiology is the science of how we know. Explain what he means.

B) What might be wrong with a clinical trial that compares a new medicine to a placebo rather than to a medicine that is the standard of care for treating the same illness?

C) What are some ways to ârigâ a particular study on a new drug?

D) Give an example of publication bias.

E) What does the speaker, Ben Goldacre, think is the single biggest ethical problem facing medicine today? Do you think you or anyone you know may have been affected by this personally? Why or why not?

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