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Cоnsider the fоllоwing reseаrch study: Dr. Hernаndez is conducting а research study to see if communication skills training will improve marital satisfaction. He recruits 50 married couples to participate in his study. First, he gives them a survey to test how happy they are in their marriage. Then, he randomly assigns half of the couples to participate in a 2-hour training on communication skills. The remaining couples receive no training. Three months later, he gives all couples the same survey to test how happy they are in their marriage. He notices that couples who participated in the 2-hour training on communication skills rate their marriage satisfaction higher than couples who did not participate in the training. Thus, he concludes that participation in the 2-hour training on communication skills improves marital satisfaction. What is the design of this research study?
Questiоn 3, pаrt 2/3: An оrphаn diseаse is a cоndition that affects fewer than 200,000 people nationwide. This includes a wide range of conditions, including cystic fibrosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, Tourette's syndrome, as well as less familiar diseases such as adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) and acromegaly ("gigantism"). Collectively, there are as many as 7,000 orphan diseases that affect between 25-30 million Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health. Explain why there are so many more drugs available to treat high cholesterol than the typical orphan disease.