Suppose that height is a normally distributed variable with mean of 66 inches and a standard deviation of 3 inches. You are 72 inches tall. How many standard deviations are you above the mean?
a. impossible to tell without more information
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
C
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a. Pierre and Christine, who are from South Africa b. Junko and Katja, who are Ukranian c. Beavis and Madonna, who are American d. Rosina and Carmelo, who are French
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A. 45 to 55 B. 40 to 60 C. 33 to 68 D. 5 to 95
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A) ?fear that the family may be disrupted through imprisonment of the perpetrator or out-of-home placement of the children. B) ?lack of legal protections, because incest is not against the law in some states. C) ?fear that parents will divorce. D) ?fear that she will not be believed or be blamed.
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a. insulin. b. corticotrophin-releasing hormones. c. corticosteroids. d. antigens. e. lymphocytes.