Wendi is a long-time smoker, which carries a relative risk of about 23.0 for lung cancer death and 2.0 for heart disease mortality. From this information you can conclude that
A) ?Wendi is more than four times as likely to die from lung cancer as from heart disease.
B) ?Wendi's absolute risk for lung cancer is greater than her absolute risk for heart disease.
C) ?Wendi is about 23 times more likely to die of lung cancer than those who do not smoke.
D) ?Wendi is about 23 times more likely to die of heart disease than her twin sister.
C
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a. object permanence. b. conservation. c. assimilation. d. accommodation. e. irreversibility.
Which of the following statements is NOT true about the cerebral cortex?
a. Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not primarily involved in sensation or motor activity are called association areas. b. The cerebral cortex has two hemispheres. c. The cerebral cortex is involved in very few of our bodily activities. d. The cerebral cortex is the outer coating of the cerebrum.
What does random selection do?
a. increases counterbalancing b. helps to control systematic confounds c. helps to make sure the groups are equated d. increases within-groups variance
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a) implicit b) procedural c) semantic d) episodic