KINE 2049 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Relative Risk Reduction, Absolute Risk Reduction, Framingham Heart Study
27 Nov 2016
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There are 4 significant points in human history: language, writing, printing press, computers. Humans depends on 5 sources to gain information/knowledge: custom & tradition, e. g santa claus, easter bunny, birthdays, authority, teachers, leaders, personal experience, superstitions and intutions, reasoning, deductive: general assumption to specific applications. Start broad, and go narrow: inductive: specific cases to general applications. Start narrow and go broad: scientific inquiry, (a) problem idenfiication, (b) hypothesis, (c ) collection and analysis of data, (d) accept or reject hypothesis, (e) conclusions. Scientific method: chemistry, biology, physics are called science because of method of study not content: the way knowledge is generated is more important. * read/understand the patterson vs midgley story * It is not a library of evaluated publications. Everything from internet must be analyzed for its reliability before using it. The interent has information ranging from definitive to false. Search services help web users find information.
