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is the:

If A and B are any two events with P(A) = .8 and P(B|A) = .4, then the joint probability of A and B is:

If two events are independent, what is the probability that they both occur?

Extrapolation methods attempt to:

Residual volume (RV) + vital capacity (VC) equals

57. The general components of a biological control system are the 

Evaporation of one liter of sweat would result in the loss of ________ kcal of heat.

A loss of contact with reality is MOST characteristic of which disorder?

In the slides, you saw that a medical journal article published in 1998 argued that there was a relationship between childhood vaccines and autism.  However, no other researchers found this same relationship.  What is the term that psychologists use when referring to the ability to consistently produce the same study results?

Extra Credit. When conducting survey research, a disadvantage is that the participants may not be honest because they want to give socially approved responses that make themselves look better.  What is this bias called?