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DR. ICKES SCENARIO: Dr. Ickes is interested in studying the potential causal relationship between doing homework and academic achievement. In January, Dr. Ickes has her students report their Fall GPA (a measure of academic achievement) and estimate how many hours they spent doing homework during a typical week in the Fall semester. In April, Dr. Ickes measures the same variables again (the estimated number of hours spent doing homework during a typical week in the Spring semester and their Spring GPA). She finds the following correlations.    Which of the correlations is a cross-sectional correlation?

An independent-groups design is also known as a _______ design.

True or False? More than 7,000 medication-related deaths occur each year as a result of incompatible drug interactions and drug allergies.

True or False? In France, their consumers have had no restrictions on physician selection. They may visit several physicians before they find a physician they prefer. This type of medical nomadisim drives up health care costs.

Which of the following is NOT true of control variables?

Short Answer: 1. What is the difference between a posttest-only design and a pretest/posttest design? 2. Provide at least 1 benefit and 1 disadvantage of using a pretest/posttest design.

True or False? The Green House Project is a unique type of nursing home that focuses on creating a residence that provided services but focused on the concept of being a home to the residents not an institution where they received care.

All of the following are advantages of within-groups designs EXCEPT:

True or False? The Affordable Care Act of 2010 established the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program. It is a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) initiative that rewards acute-care hospitals with incentive payments for the quality of care they provide to people with Medicare.

True or False? President George W. Bush established the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health who was charged with implementing an analytical study on the U.S. mental health service system and to develop recommendations to improve the public mental health system that could be implemented at the federal, state and local levels.