Rossi, et al. Chapters 3, 5

Wholey, et al. Chapters 3

Reserve #1 & #2, #9

Handout - We Don't Know What We Are Talking About - PA Times (Dec. '10) - Discusses importance of defining and operationalizing terms and concepts

Handout - Read this article in Wired on Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and think about what makes it work?  What is its logic model?  (Jun '10)

According the World Health Organization (WHO), cell phones can cause brain tumors and the press seems to agree (See this collection of news reports of the WHO finding).  But do they? See this critique of their finding and a news account from 2 weeks prior to the WHO meeting that said the researchers concluded that there was no clear link?  Also be sure to read page 5 of the WHO press release that describes what a group 2b finding is and think about what evidence is needed to reach that conclusion.  A statistical correlation is one thing but what about the substantive significance of their finding.  Understanding that would require first understanding the baseline risk of getting any type of brain cancer in the first place (See NIH fact sheet) and then understanding that gliomas are a subset of the various types of brain cancer and are relatively rare amount the different types.  Moreover, if cell phones did cause cancer, shouldn't there be some detectable increase in brain tumors considering they have been in widespread use for more than a decade?  There does not appear to be much evidence in the medical literature that this is the case. 

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W. K. Kellogg Foundation. 2004. Logic Model Development Guide. Battle Creek, MI: W. K. Kellog Foundation. (Download by Clicking Here)

Kellogg Foundation, Evaluation tool kit

University of Wisconsin - Cooperative Extension Presentation with guidance for logic model development (Download by Clicking here)

Innovation Network - Logic Model Workbook

Planning and Evaluation Resource Center