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    as shown in the ClassPak. The statement in parentheses refers to the Alternative Hypothesis for each. 5. On average IU students go out 2.5 nights or more per week.  (The alternative hypothesis is that IU students go out less than 2.5 times per week.) Ho: μNights >= 2.5 Ha: μNights < 2.5 6. On average IU students drink exactly 5 1/2 drinks in an average night out.  (The alternative hypothesis is that IU students do not drink 5 1/2 drinks per night out.) Ho: μDrinks

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    Quantitative and Qualitative Research Questions and Hypothesis Yasmine Swindle Revised Problem Statement– Quantitative Study Jung (2007) found that general education teacher’s attitudes toward the integration of students with disabilities reflect a lack of confidence both in their own instructional skills and in the quality of support personnel currently provides. General and special education teachers are placed in inclusive classroom settings for the betterment of the student; however‚ planning

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    In this article‚ the author‚ Scott O. Lilienfeld‚ examines six commonly used criticisms that attempt to disprove the scientific basis of psychology. He then offers his rebuttals and attempts to explain eight possible reasons as to why the public feels this way. Scott believes that the reason many professionals often criticize psychology is to make their own professions inadequacies look better. In reality though‚ psychology may be one of the most important sciences there is. The main theoretical

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    Before the Renaissance‚ Reformation‚ Scientific revolution‚ and Enlightenment the common views on government and religion were bleak. The common perceptions were that the only people that should be educated were the very high nobles and the monks. Despite this start‚ the renaissance set the groundwork for individual thought‚ the reformation stopped placing so much of our resources in the Catholic Church‚ through the scientific revolution our understanding of the modern was created and finally through

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    Scientific Investigation: Designing an Experiment Jeremy Barrett BIO-101-C02 February 4‚ 2015 Introduction Different parts of the body of an organism have been observed to grow at different rates during development. When parts of the body grow disproportionately to one-another‚ we call it allometric growth. The term‚ isometric growth‚ is used when describing body parts which maintain the same ratio throughout development. The purpose of this experiment is to determine whether two chosen body parts

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    WHY LOGIC IS IMPORTANT

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    Logic Is the Master of Our Lives Logic is the foundation upon which our lives depend.  Each of us‚ moments after birth‚ begin our journey exploring the world around us in search of what’s real‚ or safe‚ or fun‚ or comfortable – a quest to sort out sense from nonsense.  These skills expand as we grow‚ for understanding what’s real and learning how to extrapolate from what little we know as babies‚ are the fundamental tools of survival. We learn that reaching for an object and retrieving it gets us

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    Module 01.09 Lab Questions 1.Describe some of the influence of Latin music in the US in the early part of the twentieth century. Latin music greatly influenced jazz musicians in the early part of the twentieth century then this gave birth to the Latin jazz genre modern dancing styles were also influenced by the Latin music. 2.What was the significance of "Machito and His Afro-Cubans"? The significance of Machito and his Afro-Cubans was that they helped create salsa music cubop as well as Afro-Cuban

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    and y are in yards. How far apart are the houses at their closeset point? Answers:625y^2 - 400x^2=250‚000 y^2 / 20^2 - x^2 / 25^2 = 1 The closest two points on separate branches are the vertices‚ and their separation is 2 * 20 = 40yd. I find the question a little confusing‚ though. Question:LORAN (long distance radio navigation) for aircraft and ships use synchronized pulses transmitted by widely separated transmitting stations. These pulses travel at the speed of light (186‚000 miles per second)

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    The Scientific Method

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    Describe the scientific method of research. Be sure to identify the key components‚ providing examples of each. Use external sources to support your answer. The methods of science are the methods of all correct thinking. In all thinking we are concerned with getting and organizing knowledge‚ or with testing‚ applying‚ and developing the knowledge we have already acquired (Jones‚ 1909). According to Zikmund‚ Babin‚ Carr‚ and Griffin‚ “the scientific method is a set of prescribed procedures for

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    Conducting Solutions

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    Conductivity of Ionic and Molecular Aqueous Solutions Abstract Aqueous solutions that have free ions have higher conductivity values than solutions with most molecules. The purpose of the experiment was to see if ionic strength of an aqueous solution determines its conductivity. We tested each compound by putting the conductivity probe into its aqueous solution. Then the computer would analyze the data and give us a conductivity value. After each solution was tested‚ we used deionized water

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