In Cindy Clark's Intensive Study of Children with Serious Illness

question 68

Multiple Choice

In Cindy Clark's intensive study of children with serious illness and disease, play seemed to help them cope surprisingly well because it:

• A) distracted the children so they could not think about the illness or disease.
• B) gave both them and their parents something to do during long medical procedures.
• C) helped children to remember when to take their medicine.
• D) gave the children a sense of control over their condition.

Recognize the importance of nutrient management in preventing eutrophication in aquatic systems.

Understand trophic efficiency and its implications for ecosystem management.

Learn about the global water cycle and its components.

Understand the concept of ecosystem services and their importance to human well-being.

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Definitions:

Survivor Bias

The analytical error of focusing on the surviving subjects of a study or process and overlooking those that did not survive due to lack of visibility.

Broad Sample

A wide-ranging or extensive group of people or items selected from a population, used for research or statistical analysis.

Survivor Bias

A logical error that involves focusing on the people or things that survived some process and inadvertently overlooking those that did not because of their lack of visibility.

Financially Successful

A state or condition of having significant income, profit, or assets, exceeding financial liabilities and obligations.