Maternal Smoking Produces All of the Following Except

question 33

Multiple Choice

Maternal smoking produces all of the following except

• A)a higher risk of low birth weight.
• B)decreased lung function in the newborn.
• C)decreased fetal heart rate.
• D)an increased risk for sudden infant death syndrome.

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Definitions:

Independent Variable

A variable in an experiment that is manipulated to observe its effect on the dependent variable.

Dependent Variable

A variable in an experimental setup that is observed and expected to change in response to manipulations in the independent variable.

Random Error

Variability in data that arises from unpredictable fluctuations and cannot be attributed to any specific cause, affecting the precision of measurements.

Inferential Statistics

Statistics designed to determine whether results based on sample data are generalizable to a population.