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The following scenario will be used for the short answer questions (1a-1g) below: A psychologist would like to examine the effects of sugar consumption on the activity level of preschool children.  Three samples of children are selected with n = 5 in each sample.  One group gets no sugar, one group gets a small dose, and the third group gets a large dose.  The psychologist records the activity level for each child.  The data from this experiment are presented below.                            No sugar      Small dose        Large dose                                   5                       3                       7                           3                       3                       8                                                 N = 15                           1                       7                       9                                                G = 75                           1                       4                        7                                                ΣX2 = 525                            0                       8                       9                                 T = 10             T = 25                T = 40                       SS = 16           SS = 20              SS = 24   Evaluate with a two-tailed test at an alpha of .05

2.    The primary purpose of a maximum-security prison is:

5.    Certain offenders are given community service which is known as _______.

Describe the following genetic disorder.  Include in your description, the cause of the disorder, two symptoms, the quality of life (i.e., how would someone with this disorder live their life), any affected groups of people and the cure (if one exists). Sickle-Cell Anemia

Part of the Roadrunner Creed states that, you will uphold the highest standards of academic and personal integrity by practicing and expecting fair and ethical conduct

A researcher reports that mean ratings of liking for some food are 0.8±2.4 (M±SD). If the null hypothesis was that the mean equals 0, then what is the effect size for this test using estimated Cohen’s d?  

An infant was diagnosed with physiologically corrected transposition of the great arteries without pulmonary outflow obstruction. TR regurgitation jet velocity is 4.0m/sec.  Mitral valve regurgitant jet velocity is 3.0 m/sec.  What is the estimated pulmonary artery pressure?

Which aortic valve cusp would be located closest to a membranous (Perimembranous) ventricular septal defect?

For the following distribution of quiz scores, if a score of x = 3 or higher is needed for a passing grade, how many individuals passed?  

It is important for teachers to record information about attention span because