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- short term medical illnesses (recover or die)
- Examples: TB, pneumonia |
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-slow developing diseases
-often these cannot be cured, only managed
-psychological/behavioral/social factors are often implicated as the cause |
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-make observations
-form a hypothesis
-collect data
-draw conclusions |
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| Why is it important to understand the scientific method? |
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-to learn about the limitation of empirical methods and generalization
-to understand the impact of other variable, such as non-response, self-selection |
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| Description of what happens behaviorally |
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| Investigate relationships between two or more variables |
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| Identify causes through experiment |
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-a tested and testable concept which is used to explain an occurrence
-organizes knowledge, explains laws, predicts new laws, and guides research |
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