report for An Introduction to Probability and Decision Making
Goals: To practice reading and interpreting scientific studies.
- Find a reported study (either an experiment or an observational study) on the Internet or in a magazine, journal, book, or newspaper in an area of interest to you. Print out or copy the abstract or summary.
- Write a report on your chosen abstract. Be sure to include the authors of the study; the title of the study; the journal, book, or magazine in which it was published; and the date of the publication. In your report, answer these questions:
- What is the research question that these investigators are trying to answer?
- What is their answer to the research question?
- What were the methods used to collect the data?
- Is the conclusion appropriate for the methods? (For example, is the conclusion a cause-and-effect claim? Were the data collected in such a way as to support this claim?)
- To what population do the conclusions apply?
- Is any indication given that these results are consistent with what other researchers have suggested?
Please be sure to include the abstract or summary that you used.
