The neighbor's dogs seem to bark only when you come home from work. A cause-effect conclusion might be spurious if
a. the dogs bark when you come home on the weekend.
b. the dogs' owner comes home at the same time as you.
c. you come home because of the dogs' barking.
d. you don't find statistical significance.
B
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approach, the activity/passivity of the teacher and students in each approach, and specific suggested teaching methods associated with each approach. What will be an ideal response?
Dr. Jones conducted a study and found that the 95% confidence interval for the data in his sample was 42–64. Based upon this information we know that the margin of error is
a. 11 b. 20 c. 22 d. 47
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a. Have the students highlight the information they think is important in each paragraph. b. Have the students skim the material and identify the paragraph in the passage that they think is most important. c. Have the students construct a topic sentence for each paragraph. d. Have the students write down the facts in the passage that they think are important.
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a. Students with learning disabilities, autism, and emotional and behavioral disorder b. Students with autism, intellectual disabilities, and emotional and behavioral disorders c. Students with speech and language d. Students with learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, and emotional and behavioral disorders