The following study most closely fits which experimental design? A recent study suggests that survivors of carbon monoxide poisoning are at much higher risk than normal for heart attacks in the years after their illness. The study followed 230 persons who were treated for moderate to severe carbon monoxide poisoning between 1994 and 2002 . After seven and a half years, about 25 percent of those
who initially appeared to be at low risk for cardiovascular problems had died. This rate was three times as high as expected.
a. retrospective study
b. randomized experimental study
c. prospective study
c
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a. Sorrow for a suffering human being b. A feeling that leads me to think that I should help another person c. The judgment that I should help a person in distress d. A reluctance to cause another person harm
Unlike many religions today, Zoroastrians
a. welcome all to their beliefs. b. have a large following. c. are kind to heretics. d. seek no converts to their religion
How has the caste system affected Indian society?
a. by opening religious institutions to all b. by reinforcing hierarchies and inequalities c. by expelling the British from India d. by creating new opportunities of women
Which of the following words or phrases tend to indicate that an argument is inductive?
A. "therefore" B. "necessarily" C. "proposition" D. "most likely"