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Hello idiots - Science, Technology, and Society Answer key by Janine DionisioAssignment 005To ensure that a sample is representative of the population, sampling should be or is preferred to be Select one: a. Critically analyzed b. Random c. At best condition d. The one you're familiar with in a popu...

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Hello idiots - Science, Technology, and Society Answer key by Janine Dionisio Assignment 005 To ensure that a sample is representative of the population, sampling should be or is preferred to be Select one: a. Critically analyzed b. Random c. At best condition d. The one you're familiar with in a population Admission bias is Select one: a. When the sample of the population being observed died b. When the population studied does not reflect the general population c. When a subject is falsely classified as something else. d. When not every subject is given the equal opportunity to be included in the study Which of the following is not a bias in data analysis? Select one: a. Fabrication of Data b. Manipulation of Data c. Interpretation of Data d. Elimination of Data According to the reading material that if deviation is still present the author should: Select one: a. They should change the topic of their research b. Repeat the whole study until it has zero errors c. Confess it in their articles by declaring the known limitations of their work d. They should change the data and manipulate it to correct the errors Having only research with positive result and not accepting of those with negative results would be a form of what bias? Select one: a. Bias in Data Interpretation b. Bias in Data analysis c. Publication Bias d. Bias in Data Collection It is a form of bias that occurs when the study is supported by the company that wouldhelp the interest of the same company but instead of conducting a correct form of experiment the conclusion of the study was changed or manipulated. Select one: a. Selection Bias b. Funding Bias c. Survivor Bias d. Volunteer Bias Selection bias is Select one: a. Wrongly classifying a sample as part of the study when it shouldn't be.

b. Filtering the sample in the population to make sure that some part of the population will not be represented c. When the conclusion of the research is changed just to be centered in the interest of the company supporting it. d. When the people who are part of the study are those only interested to be part of the study and would have a big difference to those who don't Reporting non-existing data, eliminating data, and using inappropriate statistical tests are all part of what? Select one: a. Bias in Data analysis b. Publication Bias c. Bias in Data Interpretation d. Bias in Data Collection It is any trend or deviation from the truth in data collection, data analysis, interpretation, and publication which can cause false conclusions. Select one: a. Bias b. Data Interpretation c. Potential Conflict of interests d. Data collection It is a kind of bias which occurs when something is poorly defined, no gold standard for diagnosis of the disease, or when a disease might not be easily detectable for example a disease. Select one: a. Misclassification Bias b. Selection Bias c. Admission Bias d. Survivor Bias Short Quiz 005 Overall the module talks about Select one: a. The lack of budget and support to the scientific community b. The importance of research to the people and the industry funding it c. The increase of demand for government funded researches d. The problem faced by the scientific research community in response to the conflict of interest with different privately owned corporations funding researches. Which of the following is not a benefit of tape recording? Select one: a. Less distraction in the observation b. In note taking there is an increased risk of the researcher being more subjective c. Writing down the observations is not largely the job of the researcher d. The capability to review the data gathered According to the survey conducted by the Union of the Concerned Scientists in 2005 half the scientists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed that Select one: a. Private corporations did affect the withdrawal or reversal of scientific research conclusions b. Corporate funding is crucial for the research community

c. That private funding have sped up the sharing of research results between different institutes d. Privately funded researches are easily accessed by other researchers According to Steven Nissen, a cardiologist in Cleveland Clinic, pharmaceutical industry's has a growing influence over what? Select one: a. Medical research b. Medical schools c. Environmental Research d. Biological science Bayh-Dole act which is passed in 1980, is the Select one: a. Law passed that protects the environment from harmful activities of private corporations b. Act granting universities and their professors automatic rights to own and commercialize federally funded research c. The role of the government to address the issue between the environment and different industries. d. law which states that the government has no right to own any research conducted by the university researchers when it is privately funded According to the module, the amount of research in 2006 funded by private industries Select one: a. Increased b. Nothing happened c. Is the same as it was in 1965 d. Decreased

The following is seen crucial for any research organization except for Select one: a. Openness to debate and criticism b. Having time for ideas to grow to maturity c. Having hospitality toward novelty d. Having the right private funding for researches

Transparency and objectivity of researchers can be affected by personal or financial interests. Directly or indirectly. Research can be directly affected by the interests of the person conducting it if the person has a direct benefit from a company such as stock ownership, grants, and patents. And indirectly if Select one: a. If the research is funded just heighten the demand of a certain product b. If the product will provide some benefits to the expert/researcher. c. The person will be given recognition, paid expert testimony, and support from sponsored organizations of the company d. If the person was employed before by the company who funds the research What is external responsibilities of a researcher? Select one: a. It's a responsibility of the scientist to everything outside of his or her own b. It is the role of the of the scientist to stick to the standards of the scientific community c. The role of a scientist to take into account the health of his body d. Refers to the role of the scientist or researcher not only to the scientific community but also to the community outside of the laboratory.

It is also given in the module that scientist should have set both of its internal and external responsibilities. How is internal responsibilities defined? Select one: a. It is the role of the of the scientist to stick to the standards of the scientific community b. Refers to the role of the scientist or researcher to the scientific community but also to the community outside of the laboratory. c. It's a responsibility of the scientist to everything outside of his or her own d. The role of a scientist to take into account the health of his body Assignment 006 According to the article, cognitive self-esteem after using google gives people a sense of thinking that google has become part of their cognitive tool set. This means that: Select one: a. They feel like they are smarter while they tend to rely on google b. They boasted off something which was never really a part of them c. People has been more confident with themselves d. They finally get the sense of pride about their know Which of the following statement would best summarize the article. Select one: a. Internet has replaced the place of other human beings in each other's live affecting how we will socialize in the future. b. Google has helped us to understand the world more than anything on the internet c. The internet has changed the way humans think from relying on another human being to relying on the internet which by then changed our manner of thinking. d. Internet has filled up the job that our brain is not capable of doing, which is to think as fast and as accurate as possible The first part of the article explained which of the following Select one: a. A person tends to distribute some facts he or she might not be capable of remembering to another person that is part of the group where he belongs. b. The brained is not wired to remember everything it is capable of learning on a certain moment. c. Wikipedia and Google have revolutionize the way a person thinks and its reliance on other people. d. How long the relationship of the couple have been. The authors describe It as a manner of changing how people think when they start to largely relay on the internet for some facts Select one: a. Mental Distribution System b. Transactive Memory System c. Google Effect d. Short-term Memory Reliance

Which of the following is the nearest model for a Stroop task? Select one: a. Testing how well someone remembers something b. Giving people a task of answering questionnaires about their behavior c. Testing a group of people by showing them a set of words with different colors where they have to identify the colors of the word given d. Testing a group of people by showing them a set of pictures that they need to analyze

The Stroop Task that they have given their subjects showed that: Select one: a. That people tend to think more about things on the internet compared to brands. b. People tend to think more of food when they ask to name the color of something c. People tend to associate hunger with knowledge d. People tend to only answer easier questions when asked because they can easily remember its answer. In the experiment where a different group of people were told to copy 40 memorable factoids where some of them were told that their work will be saved in a computer and some were told that there work will not be saved, which of the following was a conclusion they derived from the experiment. Select one: a. The group that was told that the work will be saved where very good at remembering the facts given. b. The group that was told that their work will not be saved had a hard time remembering what they have worked on. c. The group that was told that their work will be saved had remember their work with the same rate as those who are told that their work will not be saved. d. The group that was told that their work will be saved is much worse at remembering compared to the group of people who are told that their work will not be saved. According to the article, which of the following is one of the best reason why humans rely more on the internet than another human beings when they are in search of answers. Select one: a. Because unlike another humans, the internet contains large volumes of facts. b. Because the internet offers a better set of information than a regular person c. Because people doesn't like interaction with other people anymore. d. Because unlike humans internet are generally easier to access nowadays and can answer faster and more accurate than another person. On the last part of the of the article the authors had concluded that Select one: a. People in the future will be smarter than the people of today b. The study needs more research to be able to understand how the mind works. c. The internet may lead to a great improvement in the future where it will be a part of our memory without risking our identity. d. Google will soon be capable of controlling the behavior of a person using it having him as highly reliant to it.

This is the tendency to distribute information where we consider a human mind as a storage of information. Select one: a. Transactive Memory System b. Google Effect c. Mental Distribution System d. Short-term Memory Reliance Short Quiz 006

It is a complex set of knowledge, ideas and methods and is likely to be the result of a variety of different activities. Select one: a. Innovation b. Invention c. Idea Alteration d. Technology It refers to the legal issues related to the use of Internet. Select one: a. Cyberlaw b. Internet Regulation c. Net neutrality d. Internet Protection Act Rural Electrification Act is Select one: a. It is an act that has a goal of having private companies support the production of electricity in different areas in United States b. A law proposed to develop several sources of clean energy c. It is an act of creating more jobs for people in the field of harvesting energy and turning them into electricity. d. A law that enacted to bring electric power to most rural areas of the United States It is the intentional or reckless alteration or reckless hindering with the functioning of a computer or computer network by imputing, transmitting, damaging, deleting, altering or suppressing computer data or program. Select one: a. System Interference b. Illegal Access c. Data Interference d. Illegal Interception It is the emergence of new scientific or technological ideas that may be part of a random exogenous process. Select one: a. Invention b. Innovation c. Technology d. Idea Alteration There are two activities involve in technical progress which is process innovation and which of the following? Select one: a. Product application b. Product Innovation c. Process application d. Product Invention It refers to the freedom of the right of having access to every data on the internet. Select one: a. Internet Regulation b. Internet Protection Act

c. Net neutrality d. Cyberlaw Process innovation is defined as Select one: a. Change in the process of doing something to either lower the cost of production or to satisfy the new ways of satisfying existing wants b. Improvement in the product created c. Change in the rate of producing product making it faster than usual d. The change in process just to lessen the time it takes to create something Republic Act No. 10175 is also known as Select one: a. Cybercrime Prevention Act b. Anti-Cyberbullying Law c. Internet Speed Improvement Act d. Net Neutrality Act It is the product of laboratory scientist where it entails the conception of basic ideas Select one: a. Innovation b. Invention c. Idea Alteration d. Technology Assignment 007 Nanotechnology came from the Greek word "nanos" which means what? Select one: a. Small animals b. Small objects c. Small Person d. Small circles According to the article between the two manners of building materials which is more promising? Select one: a. Top-bottom approach b. Down-top approach c. Bottom-up approach d. Top-down approach It is a method of building nanomaterials by starting with individual atoms and bringing them together to form a product Select one: a. Top-down approach b. Top-bottom approach c. Bottom-up approach d. Down-top approach

It is a method of building nanomaterials by adding something to a material or taking something away from it. Select one: a. Bottom-up approach b. Top-bottom approach

c. Top-down approach d. Down-top approach The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that requires federal agencies participating in National Nanotechnology Initiative to what? Select one: a. Take part in knowing the opinions of people about nanotechnology b. Develop a plan for environmental and safety research c. Use nanotechnology to improve space travel. d. Take further action in the improvement of nanotechnology research Which of the following is one of the major challenges with nanotechnology given by the article? Select one: a. Religious group of people that is against nanotechnologny b. Laws that doesn't support nanotechnology c. Lack of researchers for this form of technology d. Creating large quantities of nanoscale materials is still time-consuming and expensive Buckyball is a hollow ball made from what element Select one: a. Helium b. Nitrogen c. Oxygen d. Carbon Which of the following is a potential of nanowires? Select one: a. Cover the outside part of wires to make it more efficient b. Potential Applications in Solar cells and sensors c. A new way of harvesting energy from the earth d. Ability to be used for delivering drugs inside our body The following are challenges in taking drugs orally except Select one: a. The drug has to overcome a mucous layer which is meant to keep out foreign invaders such as pathogens b. If a drug is taken orally it has to survive extreme acidity c. A drug has to be kept away from water until it is ready to be taken d. The drug has to overcome mechanical agitation in the stomach Modified buckyballs can be used for Select one: a. Trapping harmful chemicals inside the body b. Delivering free radicals inside our body c. Harvesting the energy from the sun d. Enter the brain and help regenerate the brain tissues

An action that is important for the sources of innovation and knowledge, especially for small companies. Select one: a. Asking the government for support to fund small scale industry to afford nanotechnology b. Formulating laws that will provide protection for those who can't afford nanotechnology c. Taking actions in cutting the access of big companies in nanotechnology

d. Collaborating with research community especially those coming from universities and other scientists Which of the following is one of the reasons why nanotechnology faces challenges when it comes to funding. Select one: a. The government lacks support to it because it's not part of their interests b. It is not supported by science itself for being too costly limiting its practicality. c. It risk on health, safety, and environment d. Nanotechnology needs a lot of money to develop that's why it's hard to find investors The advancement of nanotechnology causes which of the following in the field of business? Select one: a. Incapability to follow the rules of the government b. Lack of trust from the public c. Less accessibility for smaller companies d. Improvement on the role of nanotechnology to the people Which of the following is not true based on the given module Select one: a. The fundamental characteristics of nanotechnology have led analysts to suggest that it may constitute a basis for long-term productivity and economic growth b. Nanotechnology allows for both the improvement of existing and the development of completely new products c. Nanotechnology is a complex field owing to its dependency on various scientific disciplines, research/engineering approaches and advanced instrumentation. d. Nanotechnology allows the improvement of technology that can be used to create a more damaging weapon to protect our nation Whish of the following would best explain green nanotechnology? Select one: a. It is adopting a form of nanotechnology that would focus on addressing issues in the environment and the social aspects of it. b. It is where nanotechnology should be developed in a greener point of view where it would have less wastes. c. Nanotechnology should have the ability to produce clean energy d. Supporting the production of greener technologies in the future. Which of the following is gives the best definition for nanotechnology? Select one: a. It is the use of small objects in the field of business and is improved by science b. It is measured in nanometer c. It is a field of science inclined in producing nanoscale objects d. It is science, engineering, and technology conducted at a nanoscale

Photovoltaics, fuel cells, hydrogen storage and transportation are all part of which of the following areas of application of a greener nanotechnology? Select one: a. Nanomaterials for the construction industry b. Nanomaterials for water clean-up technologies c. Nanomaterials for energy conversion d. Nanomaterials for energy storage

According to the module intellectual property rights may become an issue as commercialization progresses and nanotechnology matures because? Select one: a. In the age as nanotechnology matures it somehow produce many competitors out in the market making it less possible to start up new patents. b. People had always been very intact with their businesses that it would be hard for new businesses with new patents to occur. c. There are no laws that protects products made from or by nanotechnology which makes it hard to patent future products d. There is already a very wide range of patent claims, and the possible formation of patent thickets, which could contribute to barriers to entry for companies. The following are key findings on the impact of nanotechnology in business except which...