Mrs. Elliott, a teacher at Durham School of the Arts, studies the effect of "personal narratives" on people's behavior. For example, if the "story" you have about your academic ability is positive, you do better in school than if your "story" is negative. Something as simple as hearing older students describe overcoming challenges similar to yours can help you change your story and improve your performance. (a) Suppose you have 40 college freshman who have volunteered to be part of a study. Design a completely randomized experiment that tests the hypothesis that hearing older students talk about overcoming challenges improves academic performance. Be sure your design addresses how randomization will be incorporated. (b) Suppose you have reason to believe that students with a history of strong academic performance respond differently than those with a history of modest performance. Describe how you would change the experimental design to address this difference.

1) earth's crust is made up of relatively rigid plates that ride atop earth's hot, semiliquid mantle. (2) the plates are called tectonic because they're in constant motion. (3) they can move because earth's mantle is a very hot and semiliquid fluid called magma. (4) volcanoes are a result of magma rising up or erupting through a plate, particularly where plate boundaries are moving against each other. (5) also, when plates slide against each other, causing friction along adjacent plate boundaries, earthquakes frequently occur. (6) therefore, we often find volcanoes and earthquakes along plate boundaries. (7) plates may also collide. (8) when that happens, mountain ranges are formed. (9) for example, the collision of the plate carrying the indian subcontinent created the himalayan mountains when it collided with the asian plate. 2. which sentence in this passage introduces a new topic that might begin a new paragraph? a. sentence 5 b. sentence 4 c. sentence 7 d. sentence 6

Which association ensures quality education for children up to 8 years of age? a. chip b. naeyc c. snap d. wic

Which of the following forests would the wilderness act of 1964 most effectively protect from harmful logging? i. a forest containing several service roads ii. a forest through which a highway has been constructed iii. a forest that has never been affected by human development a. i only b. ii only c. iii only d. i and ii only e. i and iii only