Why Are These Students Getting Sick?

DZ
DZ DZ

DZ

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Why Are These Students Getting Sick?

DZ
DZ DZ

DZ

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How?

How is DZ spread out in the class? Is there a pattern? What do DZ students have in common? How is DZ distributed?
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How?

How is DZ distributed?

They are wearing jewelry.

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Why?

Why is DZ distributed like this?

__________ causes DZ.

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How?

How is DZ distributed?

They are wearing something red.

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Why?

Why is DZ distributed like this?

__________ causes DZ.

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Why Are These Students Getting Sick?

Hypothesis An educated guess. An educated guess, based on observation or reasoning, that can be tested or supported or refuted through investigation. If you think you might know the answer to a question, you can state the answer as if it were a fact and call it a hypothesis.

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Hypothesis

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Pathologist

Doctor

Epidemiologist
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Population All the people in a particular group.

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Clue Something that helps to solve a problem or mystery.

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Disease Detectives
Detectives Investigate crimes Look for clues at a crime scene Judge quality of evidence Form hypotheses Identify suspects Present evidence in court Help control crime Epidemiologists Investigate diseases Look for clues in the community Judge quality of evidence Form hypotheses Identify suspected causes Present evidence in scientific journals and at scientific meetings Help control disease

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Epidemiology The study of how and why diseases or other healthrelated conditions are distributed in a population the way they are; in other words, why some people get sick and others do not.

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Disease Distribution The pattern of how a sickness is spread out among a group of people.

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Hypothesis An educated guess. An unproven idea, based on observation or reasoning, that can be tested or supported or refuted through investigation.

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Epi Log Worksheet

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Epi Log Worksheet

Is my description of the distribution of DZ accurate?

Do I appreciate the uncertainty of my hypothesis? Am I willing to consider hypotheses that are different from my own?

Are my hypotheses logical? Do they make sense?

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Disease Detective An investigator who studies the occurrence of disease in populations of people for the purpose of preventing or controlling health problems.

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Descriptive Epidemiology Study of the distribution of a disease or other healthrelated condition. Basis for formulating hypotheses.

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Investigation 1-1 has ended.

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