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Which of the following accurately defines hypotension in pediatrics?

Mercia is completing a study investigating the impact of a stuttering education and advocacy program for increasing stuttering acceptance. Participants are recruited from a local speech and hearing clinic and randomly assigned to Treatment Group A (new stuttering education and advocacy program) and Treatment Group B (traditional treatment focusing on acceptance and reducing stuttering severity). What kind of design is this study?

When there is blinding of the interventionist, the study can be described as having a higher level of evidence.

Random sampling refers to the process through which people are assigned to treatment groups in an experiment. 

The process of peer-review always ensures fairness and scientific integrity in the dissemination of study findings through journal articles. 

A researcher wants to study the relationship between exposure to emotional trauma in early childhood and the use of pragmatics during adolescence. She initially enrolls the children when they are receiving the initial assessment and treatment for trauma between ages 2-4. She then re-assesses them every 2 years until they reach 11 years of age and then begins to re-assess them every year again.  This is an example of a _____ study design. 

A dependent clause consists of a subordinating conjunction such as _________________.  

The National Reading Panel states that there are 5 building blocks important for reading development. Name three (3) of them (1 point each) and give a brief example or definition (1 point each) of each one.  

In story grammar analysis, ____________________  is a statement of how a character feels in response to the initiating event.  

_______________________ is the specific ability to manipulate sounds, such as blending sounds to create new words or segmenting words into sounds.