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A surgeon has scheduled a procedure and has asked for a PulSavac, with 3000NaCL with 3g Kantrex (mix one bag and have another on standby) in the room. The most likely procedure the surgeon will try to perform is _______. 

What is the name of the instrument in the image below used in orthopedic procedures? HINT: it is commonly used to load bone wax for hemostasis when a Freer is not the instrument the surgeon would prefer)

_______ is a diagnostic study used to diagnose specific soft tissue injuries and differences between tissue densities to diagnose pathology and injury.  

A surgeon has scheduled a procedure and has asked for a PulSavac, with 3000NaCL with 3g Kantrex (mix one bag and have another on standby) in the room. The most likely procedure the surgeon will try to perform is _______. 

Rigid material (fiberglass resin, plaster, or synthetic compounds) used to immobilize a joint or fracture site. ___ is an example of an immobilizing appliance does not completely surround the wound.

_____________are instruments classified as cutting instrument and used in Orhtopedics to trim and sculpt bone.

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What is the Secret Attendance Word (if taking test at testing center, just use “testing center”)

Algorithms and Bias (33 pts total) (24 pts total)Types of bias: reporting bias, automation bias, coverage bias, non-response bias, sampling bias, in-group bias, out-group homogeneity bias, confirmation bias, experimenter’s bias We have discussed many ways in which datasets can exhibit bias. Below are four scenarios involving the collection of data. For each, identify a type of bias that may be applicable (2 pts each), and justify how the approach is likely to be biased in that way (4 pts each). (Multiple types of bias may be present in any given scenario – choose one).   1a. You want to build an automated system to help you select quality applicants for college admission. You train your model using a historical dataset from your university that contains applicant profiles for all those who were accepted since the founding year. 1b. You want to understand how students feel about CS 3001, so you ask everyone who attends class in-person to complete a small survey before they leave. 1c. You need to conduct a survey about attitudes toward home cooking for a class. You ask all of your friends and roommates about their attitudes toward home cooking to gather your sample data. 1d. You are hiring applicants for an advanced software engineering role. One of the deciding criteria you look for on their resume is whether or not they have a college degree in Computer Science or a related field.   (9 pts total)The justice system is seeing growth in the use of artificial intelligence. 2a. Identify one specific application of AI in criminal justice. (3 pts)2b. Describe a potential consequence when biased datasets are used for the application you identified in 2a. (6 pts)

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