Homework: Evaluating Health Claims
Instructions
In this homework, you will apply what you learned about the scientific method to evaluate the validity of two different health claims. There are three file attachments for this homework. There you will find and read the GetAnAnswerNow.com posting, a scientific article about zinc's effect on colds, and a table with a short essay question for you to fill out.
Read the Hemila, 2011, a published scientific paper, and the GetAnAnswerNow website health claim, which is a fictional posting on the internet.
Fill out the table titled "Evaluating Health Claims" to help you determine how scientific each claim is. The table will help you to decide:
i. Which steps of the scientific method were used?
ii. Which steps of the scientific method were not used?
iii. Do you feel that the scientific method was sufficiently used in each article to give credibility to its claims? Why or why not?
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.