We have all heard about validity and reliability in research. Validity tells us that your results actually measure what you wanted to measure....
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Not all scientific studies are created equal. Some studies are well-designed, with results that stand up to the intense scrutiny, analysis, and...
What happens after laboratory tests confirm that an environmental product kills bacteria? Is that the end of the line for testing a product's...
The scientific method demands that researchers follow logical steps in their process to ensure that results are definitive. Without following these...
Discussion of the reduction of microorganisms in healthcare settings will often include the data as “log reductions.” To those of us more accustomed...
In scientific research, we test interventions to a problem and then measure the result: Did a medication improve patient outcomes? Did a training...
Scientific articles, also called academic or scholarly papers, are every-day reading for many professionals. For the average person, however, they...
Scientists around the world toil in their laboratories or in the field conducting research according to the scientific method. One of the final steps...
The term "white paper" comes to us from a 100-year-old practice of government reporting in the UK. When government agencies provided data to...
In the 1920’s and 30’s, the nation was swept up in the Efficiency Movement, an effort to rid every aspect of human life of waste and unproductive...
There are many headlines these days about the controversies surrounding re-opening schools with mask mandates. Some states are taking a surprising...
There is really no way to overstate the importance of Girolamo Fracastoro's bold proposal about the roots of infection. His idea that infections were...