Disease Detectives B/C

[ophiophagus]

Yes, lots of calculation is involved (odds ratio, relative risk...) and they expect you to show all work etc.

Answered this question a page back (not trying to be mean, just pointing it out) . Look through this entire thread to see if any of your questions are answered before you post.

EDIT: beat me to it :p

[kjhsscioly]

non programmable, I presume?

[prelude to death]

Yup. The rules say so. It says that you "may bring a non-programmable, non-graphing calculator."

[denmarksoccer]

For anyone who was at the Conestoga invitational, do you guys think the part of the test where we needed to know the incubation period of random bacteria is going to be on very many other tests? I've never seen it before...

[ophiophagus]

For anyone who was at the Conestoga invitational, do you guys think the part of the test where we needed to know the incubation period of random bacteria is going to be on very many other tests? I've never seen it before...

Really? Incubation periods? That sounds more like microbe mission than disease detectives! Do you remember any of the questions specifically? I've never seen that on a dd test either.

[denmarksoccer]

For anyone who was at the Conestoga invitational, do you guys think the part of the test where we needed to know the incubation period of random bacteria is going to be on very many other tests? I've never seen it before...

Really? Incubation periods? That sounds more like microbe mission than disease detectives! Do you remember any of the questions specifically? I've never seen that on a dd test either.

It was just one question, but it was worth 15 points. It gave us a list of bacteria like Campylobacter, Salmonella, E. coli, asked us to choose three, and write (I think) the incubation period, symptoms, and best method of treatment.

[ophiophagus]

For anyone who was at the Conestoga invitational, do you guys think the part of the test where we needed to know the incubation period of random bacteria is going to be on very many other tests? I've never seen it before...

Really? Incubation periods? That sounds more like microbe mission than disease detectives! Do you remember any of the questions specifically? I've never seen that on a dd test either.

It was just one question, but it was worth 15 points. It gave us a list of bacteria like Campylobacter, Salmonella, E. coli, asked us to choose three, and write (I think) the incubation period, symptoms, and best method of treatment.

Ok, I guess that is acceptable, if they were food-borne illnesses. I'm including stuff about E.coli, salmonella etc. anyway so I guess it wouldn't hurt to learn incubation periods and stuff. I suppose there will be a good chance that something like this will be on a future test.

[Flavorflav]

I would not expect to see such specific information required beyond perhaps a question or two - certainly not as a major portion of the test. The rules emphasize that the event should be about methodology, not specific knowledge. That said, you can never tell what an event writer is going to do, and there really isn't that much else to do with your note sheet in this event, so having a few incubation periods and symptoms might not be a bad idea.

[Momo]

are binders needed?

[prelude to death]

Well, the rules say that you can bring a sheet of notes, but not a binder for this event. You can for Optics, though.

On the contrary, my coach instructs us to make binders for every event that we are going to compete in because she says it's good practice. As an added bonus, later students competing in that event can look back at the binder for reference.