The naked truth about scientific models
Channel: Risk Bites
Date: 2013-04-30

What is a scientific model and what is it good for?  As a prelude to talking about dose-response models on Risk Bites, this week's video is a primer on models -- what they are, and why they are useful.  

This is part of a series of Risk Bites videos that tackle dose response and response models. Check out the complete series:

What is dose response? The basics. https://youtu.be/tm2JQVBMSU0
What is dose response, and and what's a dose response model? https://youtu.be/yyvX5hDBPBY
The naked truth about scientific models. https://youtu.be/PXNEqrX_Sxw
Three rules of thumb for using scientific models. https://youtu.be/yur7JLDD6pU

This week's Risk Bites team:
David Faulkner (post-production)
Andrew Maynard (all the other stuff)

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University of Michigan School of Public Health. http://www.sph.umich.edu/
University of Michigan Risk Science Center. http://umriskcenter.org

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