Chapter 3

Question 1

what are informal sources?

Answer 1

Sources not peer-reviewed

Question 2

What are statistical reports?

Answer 2

demographic, socioeconomic, and environmental data

Question 3

Where should you look for statistical reports?

Answer 3

state/local health departments

Question 4

what is vital statistics?

Answer 4

population level measurements, related to births and deaths

Question 5

what is an abstract?

Answer 5

1 paragraph summary of an article

Question 6

What is internal validity?

Answer 6

evidence that a study measured what it intended to measure

Question 7

what is external validity?

Answer 7

results of a study with internal validity can be generalized to other populations

Question 8

What makes research original?

Answer 8

only needs one substantive difference

Question 9

What is replicability?

Answer 9

this is results similar to those of the original study

Question 10

What is a replication study?

Answer 10

repeat a study protocol in a new population in attempt to confirm that original findings were not due to chance