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Read the following excerpt of published criticism of Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use”.  For each excerpt, note whether it repeats something that has already been said in the critical conversation or adds something new to the critical conversation. If the excerpt adds something new, which of the three approaches to joining the conversation (adding new evidence, adding new interpretations, or disagreeing with previous interpretations) do you see the critic using? I agree with Hirsch when she mentions Mama’s “ability to take pleasure in her daughter’s difference without conceding any of her own choices and values” and her ability to maintain a distance from Dee “without visibly rejecting her” (203). While critics often point to Dee’s aggressiveness, which intrudes into the pastoral calm of Mama’s home, by quoting Mama’s comment that the dress Dee wears is “so loud it hurts my eyes,” they fail to note that Mama says shortly after, “I like it” (28). Mama has held a place for “Dee,” and if “Dee” is no longer htere, she will try to accommodate “Wangero.”

What do the wedges or divisions in a pie graph represent?

You have fallen and injured your ankle. The emergency room doctor has asked you to describe your pain level using the following 1 to 5 scale. What type scale is depicted below? 0 = No pain 1 = Mild pain 2 = Discomforting 3 = Distressing 4 = Intense 5 = Excruciating 

An organized arrangement of data, usually in columns and rows.

Physicians from the Community Physician’s Clinic are trying to convince their administration that they need more exam rooms to accommodate their patients. They ask the HIM manager to construct a graph showing the number of patients seen in the last year by the clinic physicians. The categories they wish to have displayed are primary care: 6,798; medical specialties: 3,423; surgical specialties: 3,367; and hospital outpatients: 1,209. Which type of graph would be appropriate?

Community Hospital conducted a year-long study to measure the effect of smoking upon the birth weight of a newborn. In 20XX, the following information was collected for each mother and her newborn, who participated in the study.   Mother smoked during the pregnancy: Yes   No Newborn birth weight (g): ____________________ (g) APGAR score after 1 minute: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 APGAR score after 5 minutes: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Birth date: _____/_____/2010 Sex of newborn: Male   Female   The scales of the above variables are:

Which of the following graphs would be best to use to display the percentages of diagnoses seen at your mental health center?

A type of graph that is used to illustrate the relationship between continuous measurements / data over time.

What are the three important reasons a literature review would be performed before a study? 1.        To determine whether research has already been done on the question. 2.        To define the study. 3.        To determine whether any data sources can be used in the study. 4.        To develop a null hypothesis. 5.        Design the research 6.        To help make the hypothesis more specific

Dr. Gunter, a physician at the Community Physician’s Clinic, developed a weight loss program that he instituted with some volunteer patients. After six months he is interested in studying whether or not the weight loss program is working. This is an example of _____.