More Than 4000 Premature Deaths Occur in the U

question 78

Multiple Choice

More than 4000 premature deaths occur in the U.S. every year due to:

• A) elevated ozone concentrations.
• B) exposure to acid rain.
• C) exposure to nuclear radiation.
• D) inhalation of particulate matter.

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Definitions:

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the treatment or intervention being tested, used as a benchmark.

Representativeness

A cognitive heuristic where people judge the probability of an event by how much it resembles their expectations of a typical example.

Control Group

A group in an experiment or study that does not receive the treatment and is used as a benchmark to measure the effects of the treatment.

False Negatives

Errors where a test result incorrectly indicates no presence of a condition when it is actually present.