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BIOL 1104 Empirical and Quantitative (E&Q) Reasoning Signature Assignment (SA) Introdution Purpose: This critical thinking exercise will help students develop Empirical and Quantitative (E&Q) Reasoning Skills. Upon completing this assignment, the student will explore skills such as interpreting data, representing data, manipulating data, analyzing data, making assumptions, and communicating following data analysis. Students will work individually to complete the assignment and will submit it via Blackboard. The following components will be considered when grading the assignment: 1. Interpretation The ability of a student to accurately interpret providing an explanation of the data presented in the graph/table. The student must also possess the ability to make inferences from data presented in graph/table form. 2. Representation The student must be able to convert information provided into a mathematical form such as a graph. Mastery of this skill will require the student to portray insightful contributions to yield a deeper understanding. 3. Manipulation Students will be required to manipulate data and perform calculations. Mastery of the skill will require a student to provide concise and clear calculations (including formulas and explaining what each value represents) and draw conclusions based on the data. 4. Analysis All data and facts presented here are from public resources, including the CDC and primary research. We will use open source data to provide an opportunity for individual analysis. Students will make an appropriate graph to demonstrate the impact to a population. In addition to understanding how social determinants of health (SDoH) analysis can correlate the known national percentages to communities, we will consider how these diseases can lead to disability. This morbidity will influence the homeostasis of cells, tissues, and systems of persons, which are the focus of anatomy and physiology. 5. Assumptions During the completion of this data evaluation, students will be required to make assumptions when drawing conclusions and the student must clearly communicate the assumptions that are being made. 6. Communicate The student will also be graded on their ability to communicate effectively. This means minimal use of direct quotes but instead proper use of in-text citations when necessary with an associated reference. Mastery of this skill will require the student to fully comprehend the analysis of the data and provide supporting facts for arguments. Proper grammar and correct use of scientific terminology will also be considered when grading the effectiveness of communication. This assignment will require that students undertake a literature review to learn about the background independently. The students will be asked to interpret information in a given table/figure, and then students will have to manipulate data to communicate new results by creating a table and graph . To complete the report, students should respond to questions with the SEEI-Method (explained below) to form responses using critical thinking to enhance a students’ ability to write complete sentences. Students must set an appointment with the WRC. The report after the WRC meeting with guidelines that a student should take to improve this assignment must be submitted on Blackboard. We have created a DEMO that will scaffold 1 | P a g e Revision 2021

BIOL 1104 assignments to allow for students to have the experience of both manipulation and communication via generating visual tables/graphs and communicating in the written modality prior to attempting the SA. https://www.uhd.edu/academics/university-college/writing-center/Pages/writing-center-index.aspx Technical specifications for submission:  12point font  Students will leave the questions and then insert their answers below each question.  You must insert your table and graph into the document.  You must show all your work for any calculations  In-text citations and a reference area are required  Direct quotes are discouraged  Submit digital copies of the assignments in a Word Document (.doc) or PDF via Blackboard . Plagiarism is a persistent issue with increasing online connectivity and resources for students. Plagiarism can result in a zero on the assignment, a zero in the course, or reporting to the UHD Dean of Students. Faculty are encouraged and supported in pursuing instances of plagiarism at UHD. To avoid plagiarism use the Library resource and UHD WRC Critical Thinking and Writing Paragraphs Using the SEEI-Method Critical thinking requires that we move beyond rote memorization and gain confidence with interpreting and analyzing. The SEE-I is a valuable process for clarifying and articulation at the paragraph level or expanded into a research paper. S: State To state something is to say it briefly, clearly, and means offering the most basic but precise explanation. With the S, you are stating the idea or basic point in one simple sentence. E: Elaborate To elaborate on the statement above is to expand it, explain it in your own words and give more detail. Many times, elaborations will start with "In other words, …." E: Examples To give a good example(s) of a topic or concept is to clarify for the audience what you meant by your statement or elaboration. People understand complex points when given an example. As a scientist or researcher of any kind, it is usually a good idea to give at least two examples to strengthen the point trying to be made. I: Interpretation An interpretation of a concept or topic provides a picture to clarify one's thinking. Typically, in a more creative analysis, it may be an analogy that captures the meaning of the arguments and maybe, "It is like…." In science writing, the interpretation may indicate why the above information is such a critical concept for the larger field or why its continued study is important for science or a specific sub-discipline. Sometimes the interpretation might hint at the importance of the concept in a larger concept or the idea that may be coming next. 2 | P a g e Revision 2021

BIOL 1104 Empirical and Quantitative (EQ) Reasoning Signature Assignment (SA) Details Critical Thinking Questions – Social Determinants of Health and Debilitating Disease Background: The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects data on morbidity and mortality of people in the United States. Researchers can use this information as a catalyst to improve community health or a persons well-being. The CDC understands that data can be influenced by social determinates of health (SDoH). In A&P, we learn about the cells, tissues, and systems that comprise the body. When our systems fail due to disease and cannot work, a person can be qualified as having a disability based on a medical diagnosis. A person on disability means that they cannot engage in substantial gainful activity. Thus, disabled status means a person can receive financial support, so they do not have to work. This person can instead focus on their health status, disease progression, treatments, therapy or palliative care at the end of life due to morbidity. For example, the CDC is tracking, via a surveillance system, chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the United States. A person with diabetes, hypertension, obesity and cardiovascular disease all have qualifying conditions that can cause CKD . Figure 1: Percentage Reporting to Have Diabetes by Year and Gender 3 | P a g e Revision 2021

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