Understanding a Study
The Study Design 101 is design to help you understand the different kinds of studies and each studies strengths and weaknesses.
Highlighting Public Health Student Research
Critical Appraisal of Research Articles
Levels of Evidence Pyramid
Levels of Evidence Pyramid created by Andy Puro, September 2014
Scholarly vs Popular
Web site: Look at the URL
Before using a web site look at the URL (web address) to identify the producer of the web site, and its purpose.
Look at the last final syllable in the domain name to evaluate who produced the site:
.gov = Government agency
.net = Internet Service Provider
.com = Commercial site
.edu = Higher education
.mil= Military site
.~ = ("tilde") Personal
.org = Organization
- Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to AskTechniques on evaluating web pages skillfully by U.C. Berkley
- MedlinePlus Guide to Healthy Web SurfingMedlinePlus tips on how to evaluate the quality of health information on Web sites.
