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A researcher wants to determine if a new flu vaccine protects people from the flu better than the current vaccine. He has 100 subjects for his study. He believes that age will affect how well the vaccine works, so within these 100 subjects, splits them up into 48 pediatric subjects (ages 0 to 17) and 52 adult subjects (ages 18 or older). Within each age group, he randomly assigns half of the subjects to get the new flu vaccine and the other half to get the current flu vaccine. What type of study design is this? Elizabeth: Straightforward!  Good question.  Might just add Matched pairs, without crossover?  How about using the phrase Completely Randomized Design? (I’ve been saying CRD in the notes.)

All of the following are steps in PMOPs, except

As the number of members increases from three to nine, the discussions tend to be shared more equally among members.

Fisher’s model of leadership emergence suggests that any member in a group has the potential to emerge as a leader in that group.

What conflict style includes a highly cooperative but passive approach or “giving in”?

Effective Group Discussion says that a critic observer’s report to a group after a meeting has ended might include comments about four major aspects observed during the meeting. Name and explain briefly these four aspects of a meeting. (Be sure to have at least one full and comprehensive sentence for each of the four aspects).

List and describe the symptoms of group think. (Include at least 3 considerations. Your paragraph should be a minimum of 5 sentences)

Groups do not need to meet regularly if the actual task can be accomplished using other communication avenues.

When you think a norm that is hurting the output of a group to which you were recently appointed, Effective Group Discussion recommends that you

Which of the following are examples of steroids or steroid combinations available for inhalation?1. AeroSpan2. Flovent3. Qvar4. Formoterol a. 2 and 3 only b. 1, 2 and 3 only c. 1 and 4 only d. 2, 3, and 4 only