Essays on Traffic Accidents

Assignment 3

Assignment 3

QUESTION 1 (1 point)

a) Statistical combination of the results of two or more studies

QUESTION 2 (1 point)

Figure 2 of the Jordan et al., meta-analysis depicts a forest plot illustrating the estimates of the association between hysterectomy and ovarian cancer. How many of the individual studies (in figure 2) reported statistically significant reductions in the risk of ovarian cancer in women with hysterectomy, compared to women without hysterectomy? Ans) There were 20 individual studies that reported statistically significant reductions in the risk of ovarian cancer in women with hysterectomy, compared to women without hysterectomy.

QUESTION 3 (1 point)

How would you interpret the overall summary estimate (relative ...

The appropriate minimum drinking age is a controversial issue in the United States. The American Constitution defines 21 as the minimum drinking age. However, the provision has faced serious criticism with some people advocating for the lowering of this limit (Ellis 36). Some people feel that the National Minimum Drinking Age should be reduced to 18 years. This controversy has led to some states within America allowing teens from the age of 18 to drink alcohol. Drawing from Helzer and Canino’s report, 64% of 18 years old Americans consume alcohol with 75% of them being men (124). Studies ...

Abstract

Consuming alcohol is considered a rite of passage for the average young individual. The minimum drinking age required to legally consume alcohol varies in each country, ranging from it always being legal to drinking being illegal at any age, but most countries have set the age at 18-19. In the United States, as of 1988, the MLDA is 21 throughout its entire territory, while the age of majority starts at 18. This paper analyzes the arguments to lower the minimum drinking age and unify it with the age of majority. The factors discussed are alcohol-related traffic accidents, encouragement of ...

Transport is crucial for economic development of a country. Public bus transport is one of the most effective means of transport that has been in use for quite a number of years (Finn & Mulley, 2011). In ancient time, people would use animals as their main source of transport. Others would walk carrying their goods for very long distances. These ancient modes of transport were very slow prompting humans to invent faster means of transport. It is with the advent of the wheel that transport revolutionized into what it has grown to in the modern era. Road networks like the ...

Driving is an activity that requires complete attention and focus – any deviation in focus can be disastrous, from talking to someone else to changing the channel on the radio. There has been a great amount of study devoted to the idea that cell phone usage during driving is a dangerous prospect – the amount of distraction taken in multitasking to that extent can lead to disastrous consequences, from mere property damage to even injury and death. In the following essay, several articles and documents will be explored which examine this theory of cell phone usage being dangerous while driving.

In Matt Richtel’ ...