Government:
1)It doesn't say how the information was analyzed besides that fact that it was a survey. It doesn't list how it was collect because it is giving a whole paragraph on just plain statistic and what information was found. Yet it doesn't say how the survey was conducted.
Journal Article:
2) This article tells how the found the information, the causes and reasons why its more likely to occur in younger adults when they are exposed to alcohol early on.
The conclusion I came to was that the government articles were more just giving the reader the information to look at while the journal article was telling you completely about the research and how, why and what the results were in the end.
1) U.S. Department of Health , The National Institute of Health. (2009). alcohol. Retrieved from U.S. Government Printing website: http://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/alcohol
2) Foltran, F., Gregori, D., Franchin, L., Verduci, E., & Giovannini, M. (2011). Effect of alcohol consumption in prenatal life, childhood, and adolescence on child development. Nutrition Reviews, 69(11), 642-659. doi:10.1111/j.1753-4887.2011.00417.x
Hi Beth,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your post on how statistics are used in a government document and a scholarly journal article.
That is one thing about government documents...they very rarely say how they collect the statistics, and do not always say how they determine a population to study.
Sincerely,
Professor Wexelbaum