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Paradigm Star Student Floyd/Hunter/McLean Honors English 10 20 August 2012 Please say, ?Paradigm? The origin of the word is Greek: paradeigma means pattern. ?para? is a prefix meaning ?beyond, past, next to, or by? Example Word using prefix ?para??paranormal: beyond normal Can you think of other words that begin with the prefix ?para?? Paradigm is a noun. Paradigmatic is the adjective form. Definitions, synonyms & antonyms A paradigm is an example serving as a model or pattern. A paradigm is the norm, or accepted norms; a standard or ideal. Paradigm often refers to a set of norms for a given time period. Synonyms: ideal, norm, standard, paragon Antonym: atypical Context and graphic

Scientific Method Outline

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Scientific Method Outline

Scientific method - processes by which scientists conduct investigations * There is no one "scientific method". Scientists actually use a variety of techniques to learn more about the world around us. However, many experimental studies would recognize the following steps: A. Statement of the problem B. Hypothesis formation - An "educated guess" C. Experiment 1. experimental group 2. control group D. Collection of data E. Analysis of results F. Conclusion - Reject or accept the hypothesis G. Communication of findings * Considerations pertaining to the scientific method: A. Hypothesis must be testable B. Sample size must be sufficiently large C. Experiment must have proper controls D. Experiment must be reproducible

Unit 1

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Analyze Prompt Teacher: Mr. Eades Student Name: Justin Outten Subject/Period: A1 AP Statistics Prompt: According to the Bureau of the Census, 68% of Americans owned their own homes in 2003. A local real estate office is curious as to whether a higher percentage of Americans own their own homes in its area. The office selects a random sample of 200 people in the area to estimate the percentage of those people that own their own homes. Verify that a Normal model is a useful approximation for the Binomial in this situation. What is the probability that at least 140 people will report owning their own home? Based on the sample, how many people would it take for you to be convinced that a higher percentage of Americans own their own homes in that area? Explain. Plan:

APWH Study Guide part 2

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Han China - start of decline: 100 CE - decline of interest in Confucianism and stress on education - social unrest - pressure from neighboring tribes - weak emperors, deflection of power to military leaders - decline in trade - taxes overburden peasants - population decline/epidemic diseases - bad harvests - poverty gap, especially with regards to land ownership - decline in morality Shared Characteristics - weak emperors, deflection of power to military leaders - decline in trade - taxes overburden peasants - population decline/epidemic diseases - bad harvests - poverty gap, especially with regards to land ownership - decline in morality Rome Rome - collapse of traditional values among the elite - dependence on slave labor - use of non-Romans in the army

Bioinformatics

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Sahithi Battula BTEC 3301 Dr. Premila Achar 27 October 2011 Lab 8: Introduction to Bioinformatics How many databases are currently available from the pull down menu? Forty databases are available from the pull down menu. How many databases are listed under the Literature link under Resources? List them. Seven databases are listed. They are: Bookshelf, Journals in NCBI Databases, MeSH Database, NCBI Handbook, NCBI Help Manual, PubMed, PubMed Central (PMC). How many of the above databases are listed in the search pull down menu at the top? Four of the above databases are listed in the search pull down menu. They are: Bookshelf, MeSH, NCBI, and PubMed. How many of the databases listed in Question 2 are listed under Popular Resources on the right?

Developmental Psychology Notes

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Developmental Psychology

Developmental Psychology 9/30/2010 08:42:00 AM . Development ?progress over time and change (adaptive system), it?s about improvement and becoming what you are more or less intended to be (teleological assumption), ordering of steps/stages (crawling then walking), acquisition/learning, external factors (environment) play a role in shaping development. ? Teleological ?development follows a plan, genetic information is often interpreted this way o Examples: infants auditory system most sensitive to speech frequencies (the auditory system develops because it knows the frequency of tunes) ? Non-teleological ?development that does not follow a plan o Example: learning a specific language, languages evolve and change

Chapter 1 Practice Test

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Practice Test psychology themes & variations 8 edition

Chapter 1 Practice Test For which of the following is Wilhelm Wundt primarily known? Answer: A- The establishment of the first formal laboratory for research in psychology In 1879 Wilhelm succeeded in forming the first formal laboratory for psychology research. His study soon became so wide spread that more scholars were exploring the field of psychology in terms of the new science. Wilhelm?s hard work provocative ideas and attracted lots of attention. Many came to study under him. Which of the following approaches might William James criticize for examining a movie frame by frame instead of seeing the motion in the motion picture? Answer: A- Structuralism

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