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A psychologist believes that mood is related to quality of performance.  He obtains measures of mood and performance on a group of 20 people, and finds a nonsignificant correlation coefficient of .43.  If the alpha level is .05, nondirectional test, how would this result be reported in a psychological journal?

The nurse is working with a patient at the clinic who does not want to quit smoking even though he is having trouble breathing at times and has a frequent cough. Which clinical practice guideline strategies should the nurse use with this patient? 

From a conceptual perspective, the tradition is to designate the independent variable as the _____ variable and the dependent variable as the _____ variable.

A 20-yr-old patient has a mandatory electrocardiogram (ECG) before participating on a college soccer team and is found to have a sinus bradycardia rate of 52 bpm. Their blood pressure (BP) is 114/54 mm Hg and the student denies any health problems. What action by the nurse is most appropriate?

The nurse is to flush a patient’s central line with normal saline. The nurse knows to choose which syringe size? 

Which information will be included when the nurse is teaching self-management to a patient who is receiving peritoneal dialysis (select all that apply)?

When a correlation is perfect and positive, which of the following holds true?

Which of the following correlation values represents the strongest relationship?

Suppose you were interested in conducting a study examining how ratings of similarity between oneself and another person were related to how attracted one is to the other person. You conduct this study by giving participants a description of a person named “Sarah.” Participants are asked to read the description and then rate on a scale from 1 to 10 how similar Sarah is to themselves (X). You also ask each participant to rate on a scale from 1 to 20 how likeable they think Sarah is (Y). The data from five participants is presented below. Individual X Y 1 3 18 2 1 20 3 7 11 4 1 11 5 5 14 What is the correlation coefficient between similarity (X) and likability (Y)? **Report your answer to 4 decimal places.

Vocabulário  |  Atividade A 1 pt. each; 6 pts. total Os verbos: O que fazem os estudantes? Michael and his roommates participate in a variety of activities at their university. First, review the images below which represent the activities they do in a typical week. Then, type the infinitive form of the verb (e.g., telefonar, ser, dormir) in the blank provided that corresponds to each of the following images. (1 pt. each; 6 pts. total) MODELO:    tomar notas 1. [1] 2.  [2] 3.  [3] 4.  [4] 5.  [5] 6.  [6]