(Answers to odd numbered Conceptual Questions

Statistics for Engineers and Scientists 4
Refer to Exercise 12. a. If the measurements for one of the methods were converted to inches (1 inch = 2.54 cm), how would this affect the mean? The median? The quartiles? The standard deviation? b. If the students remeasured the ball, using a ruler marked in inches, would the effects on the mean, me

Chemistry 11
When ammonium nitrite (\(\mathrm{NH}_{4} \mathrm{NO}_{2}\)) is heated, it decomposes to give nitrogen gas. This property is used to inflate some tennis balls. (a) Write a balanced equation for the reaction. (b) Calculate the quantity (in grams) of \(\mathrm{NH}_{4} \mathrm{NO}_{2}\) needed

Campbell Biology 10
How many electrons does fluorine have? How many electron shells? Name the orbitals that are occupied. How many electrons are needed to fill the valence shell?

Human Anatomy & Physiology 9
Sites of hematopoiesis include all but (a) red marrow cavities of spongy bone, (b) the diploe of flat bones, (c) medullary cavities in bones of infants, (d) medullary cavities in bones of a healthy adult.

Psychology 5
Which explanation of dreams proposes that they are produced when the mind attempts to make sense of random neural activity that occurs in the brain during sleep? a. Freuds psychoanalytic theory b. the activationsynthesis model c. the cognitive unconscious model d. the manifest content framework

Social Psychology 8
In experiments on obedience, most participants who were ordered to administer severe shocks to an innocent person refused to do so.

Urban Economics 8
Consider the example shown in Figure 21 , with the martini-glass shape showing the net price of the factory product. Suppose all consumers switch to spring-loaded sneakers, decreasing walking time per round-trip mile from 1/12 hours to 1/18 hours. a. The slope of the net-price curve changes to _____

Biochemistry 9
Give an example of substrate-level phosphorylation in a pathway other than the citric acid cycle.