What is hormone replacement therapy (HRT)? Identify some of the risks associated with it.
What will be an ideal response?
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) augments the declining levels of reproductive hormone production by the ovaries. Research indicates that hormone replacement therapy is linked to a slightly higher risk of breast cancer, and the longer HRT is taken, the greater the risk of breast cancer. The current consensus is that HRT increases the risk of breast cancer in women.
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Karen studies the brains of different types of animals. In animal A, she saw that the top portion of the brain was organized into six layers and columns. In animal B, she saw that the top portion of the brain was organized into cell clusters rather than layers and columns. What advantage can Karen expect animal A to have over animal B?
A. Animal A is smarter than animal B. B. Animal A has a bigger brain than animal B. C. Animal A can process information faster than animal B. D. Animal A has superior vision to animal B.
When there is a conflict between the potential benefit of research to society versus the possibility of harm to the participants
a. the individual comes first b. society comes first c. the researcher must rely on his or her personal judgment d. the researcher must rely on the judgment of colleagues through the IRB
Decreasing the ? level from .05 to .01, then the likelihood of type I error ______.
A. increases B. decreases C. has no effect on D. increases as sample size goes up.
You are developing a test of intelligence to reflect how the concept is defined in the country of Kenya. Which of the following skills would you select for inclusion on the test?
a) ability to select herbal remedies b) ability to find location via the stars c) ability to spell words correctly in more than one language d) ability to bargain and barter with others on a range of products