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Evaluating Health Claims Assignment Please fill out the table below with information from the GetAnAnswerNow.com posting and the scientific article about zinc’s effects on colds. Some entries have been filled in for you. Give your overall evaluation of these two health claims by answering the question below the table. GetAnAnswerNow.com Posting Zinc’s Effects on Colds Article What was the dependent variable (what was it that the author of the article says “depends” on something else)? For example, you getting wet when you step outside “depends” on whether it is raining outside. Duration of a cold What was the independent variable (what was it that the author of the article says something else “depends” on)? For example, you getting wet (from a pool or a shower) doesn’t affect whether it’s raining outside. The gummy bears Dose of zinc What was the hypothesis (what did the author set out to test BEFORE the claim was made)? Missing - None was stated before testing and a conclusion was made The test was done to see if the different dosage of zinc had a different result What was the conclusion? Eating bears when catching a cold will lessen the amount of days you have a cold Zinc doses over 75 mg per day have a significant effect in shortening the duration of colds Evidence that this was a controlled experiment (how did the author prove that other factors that could give false results or an incorrect conclusion were eliminated? How do you feel about the sources that were used to make each claim (literature used to carry out background research, design the experiment, or interpret results)? There are no references at all How do you feel about the level of peer-review for each claim (how many experts in the field reviewed the article before it was published)? This was published in a scientific journal and has peer-reviewed status

          Evaluating Health Claims Assignment
Please fill out the table below with information from the GetAnAnswerNow.com posting and the scientific article about zinc’s effects on colds. Some entries have been filled in for you. Give your overall evaluation of these two health claims by answering the question below the table. 

GetAnAnswerNow.com Posting
Zinc’s Effects on Colds Article

What was the dependent variable (what was it that the author of the article says “depends” on something else)? For example, you getting wet when you step outside “depends” on whether it is raining outside.
Duration of a cold

What was the independent variable (what was it that the author of the article says something else “depends” on)? For example, you getting wet (from a pool or a shower) doesn’t affect whether it’s raining outside.
The gummy bears
Dose of zinc

What was the hypothesis (what did the author set out to test BEFORE the claim was made)?
Missing - None was stated before testing and a conclusion was made
The test was done to see if the different dosage of zinc had a different result

What was the conclusion?
Eating bears when catching a cold will lessen the amount of days you have a cold
Zinc doses over 75 mg per day have a significant effect in shortening the duration of colds

Evidence that this was a controlled experiment (how did the author prove that other factors that could give false results or an incorrect conclusion were eliminated?

How do you feel about the sources that were used to make each claim (literature used to carry out background research, design the experiment, or interpret results)?
There are no references at all

How do you feel about the level of peer-review for each claim (how many experts in the field reviewed the article before it was published)?
This was published in a scientific journal and has peer-reviewed status

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