Your Roommate Is a Smoker

question 238

Multiple Choice

Your roommate is a smoker. You and he are having an argument because he not only thinks that smoking is OK but also thinks it is fine when a pregnant woman smokes - his mother did. You argue that, among other things, women who smoke when pregnant have newborns who are ____.

• A) more likely to be low in birth weight, which is not a good start for the baby
• B) more sickly, but also more intelligent
• C) very energetic and can be hyperactive
• D) very likely to have an eating disorder

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Definitions:

NCE

Normal Curve Equivalent, a standard score used in educational testing to compare individual performance across a normalized distribution.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measurement that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, showing how much each value in the set differs from the mean.

Grade Equivalent

A measure that describes a student's performance in comparison to the average performance of students in a specific grade level.

Publisher Mean

A statistical metric that represents the average or mean score of all participants on a particular test as determined by the test's publisher.