Alternative Medicine: Quacks, Fraud and the Science of Medicine

(GSCI 104)

Monday/Wednesday Class

 

 

 

PERIOD

TOPIC

ASSIGNMENT

June 14

Orientation, Organization, Planning

None

June 16

Experimental Variables (Drop Lab) (Meet in HHS 3010)

·       List of Alternative Forms of Medicine due (5)

·       Select topic

June 21

Hypothesis Testing (Metabolic Rate lab) (Meet in HHS 3010)

·       Drop Write up (10)

June 23

Science vs Pseudoscience

·        Metabolic Rate Report (10)

·        Start web search for science and pseudoscience articles

·        Start searching for or constructing data sets to graph

·        Rationale and Specific Aims due (10)

June 28

Communicating Results Graphically

·        Graph sample data

·        PowerPoint Presentation of Graphs

·        Critique graphs

·        Re-do graphs

·        Data sets to graph (10)

·        Example and analysis of 1 science and 1 pseudoscience article. (10)

June 30

·         Presentation of science vs pseudoscience analyses

·         Presentation and critique of graphs

·         Elements of Experimental Design

·       At least one example of good and one bad graph (10)

·       Proposed Methods due (10)

·       Survey of the Pertinent Literature due (10)

July 5

Independence Day – No Classes

 

July 7

Final Alternative Medicine Presentation (10)
  • Final Alternative Medicine Paper due (5)

Note: Numbers in parentheses are point values of assignments. Red = Things that are due; Blue = links to examples.

 

 

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