BME100 f2013:W1200 Group15 L1

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OUR TEAM Name: Taylor Role(s)Subject Selection Name: Patrick McFarland Role(s):Independent/Dependent Variables, how subjects are selected, and sources of error and bias Name: Zac Roy Role(s)Sources of error and bias Name: student Role(s) Name: student Role(s) Name: Tameem Jamal Role(s) LAB 1 WRITE-UP Independent and Dependent Variables Independent Variable: lipopolysaccharide Dependent Variable: Inflammotin Experimental Design Groups Group 1: 0 mg lipopolysaccharide Group 2: 3 mg lipopolysaccharide Group 3: 6 mg lipopolysaccharide Group 4: 9 mg lipopolysaccharide Number of subjects per group Each group will contain 10 subjects ranging from ages 65 to 75 Procedures 1. Collect the necessary materials in order to collect and analyze blood samples (ELISA) 2. Select the testing population 3. Break the testing population into four testing groups 4. For group 1 do not administer the drug 5. Observe the amount of Inflammotin produced and record the results 6. For group 2 administer 3 mg of lipopolysaccharide 7. Observe the amount of Inflammotin produced and record the results 8. For group 3 administer 6 mg of lipopolysaccharide 9. Observe the amount of Inflammotin produced and record the results 10. For group 4 administer 9 mg of lipopolysaccharide 11. Observe the amount of Inflammotin produced and record the results 12. Analyze the data and determine what the smallest dose to produce Inflammotin Reasoning The dosages 0,3,6, and 9 mg were chosen due to their itermediate values between 0 and 10, giving a wide array of results to analyze what the smallest dosage would be. Subject Selection Subjects will be chosen by: -between 65-75 years of age -they do not have any health conditions that would cause inflammation -all applicants will be put into a pool, a computer will randomly select 40 of these subjects to be experimented on Sources of Error and Bias Some sources of error can result in injuries,different genetics, and environmental conditions. A source of bias could be the characteristics of the test subjects used in the experiment. Some ways to control these biases and errors are to keep the patients in a confined area, using health screenings, and randomizing the different patients that could be tested.