CER record: Should ELISA testing be mandatory?

PBS Case B · Period 6A-7B · Monday 11:35 to 12:58 · Room 381 · 80 minutes

One claim, evidence, reasoning response built from your debate worksheet: the side you argued, your three strongest arguments, the opposing point you answered, and where you stand now.

Before you write

Argue an assigned side of this question: Should ELISA testing for Novel Flu Syndrome be mandatory? Then write one CER that separates what the evidence shows from what you believe about it.

Hand your CER (J1 to J5) to Mr. Mendoza at the end of the block. If you were absent or took the report route, submit one PDF to your own section's assignment, Wk5 CER: JCU bioethics 1, should ELISA testing be mandatory? by the due date on the assignment. Put your period and code on the page. Do not submit twice.

The two test errors

J3 asks you to weigh these two, so both are written here before you need them. A false positive is a person who has not been infected and gets a positive result. A false negative is a person who has been infected and gets a negative result. Both are wrong, and they do not land on the same person. Which one matters more in this case, and who carries that harm, is your work in J3.

The five parts

J1. Side and claim

Write the claim your assigned side defends, in one sentence, as an answer to the question: Should ELISA testing for Novel Flu Syndrome be mandatory?

Space: 2 writing lines. The claim is your side's answer, not yet your own view. Your own view goes in J5.

• Side argued: ______________________________________________

• Claim sentence: ______________________________________________

J2. Evidence

List your three strongest arguments for the claim. Next to each one, name where it comes from: the scenario, your preparation assignment, or a public source you can name.

Space: Three numbered entries, 2 writing lines each. A preference is not evidence. If you cannot name where an argument comes from, it is not ready.

• Argument 1 and source: ______________________________________________

• Argument 2 and source: ______________________________________________

• Argument 3 and source: ______________________________________________

J3. Reasoning

Explain how your evidence supports the claim. Name which test error matters more here, a false positive or a false negative, and who carries that harm. State one limit of an antibody test in your own words.

Space: 4 writing lines. A false positive is a person who has not been infected and gets a positive result. A false negative is a person who has been infected and gets a negative result. Both are wrong, and they do not land on the same person. An antibody test reports your immune response, not the germ itself, and antibodies take days to weeks to appear. Someone infected this week can still test negative while they are spreading NFS, and a positive result can mark an infection that is already over. No error rate is supplied for this test, so do not invent one.

• Reasoning: ______________________________________________

• Error that matters more and who bears it: ______________________________________________

• One ELISA limit: ______________________________________________

J4. Opposing point and answer

Write the other side's strongest point from the debate, then your direct answer to it.

Space: 3 writing lines. Restating your own point is not an answer. Take on their best case, not their weakest.

• Their strongest point: ______________________________________________

• Your answer: ______________________________________________

J5. Where I stand now

Write where you actually stand now and what moved you. This may differ from the side you argued.

Space: 3 writing lines. Name one condition that would flip your view. If nothing would, you are asserting, not arguing.

• My position now: ______________________________________________

• What moved me: ______________________________________________

Check before you hand it in

• You can argue a position you were assigned rather than one you chose.
• You can state the strongest argument against your own side and answer it.
• You can separate what the evidence shows from what you believe about it.
• You handed in one CER once, with a source named on every piece of evidence: on paper to Mr. Mendoza at the end of the block, or as one PDF to your own section's assignment if you were absent or took the report route.

If you were absent, or took the report route

If you are away, write a full CER on the case question: argue both sides fairly, three arguments each with a named source, then state and defend your own position. Submit one PDF to your own section's assignment. You get two school days for every day you were absent, so this deadline moves with you.

Wk5 CER: JCU bioethics 1, should ELISA testing be mandatory?: https://clevelandmetro.schoology.com/assignment/8552705880