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Please help me out!!!!

In an experiment, two different types of recorded music were played for neonates in adjacent nurseries in a hospital. In nursery A, classical music was played; in nursery B, rock music was played. After two weeks, it was found that the babies in nursery A cried less, suffered fewer minor ailments, a...

by sridevipavan

Sun May 01, 2011 1:13 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Please help me out!!!!
Replies: 1
Views: 1045

paradox!!!

Which of the following best completes the passage below? In opposing government regulation of business, conservatives often appeal to the Jeffersonian ideal of limited government, expressing the wish that government would “get off the backs of the American people.� Yet, paradoxically, many of th...

by sridevipavan

Sun May 01, 2011 1:08 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: paradox!!!
Replies: 6
Views: 1631

sailboat hulls

At an enormous research cost, a leading chemical company has developed a manufacturing process for converting wood fibers into a plastic. According to the company, this new plastic can be used for, among other things, the hulls of small sailboats. But what does the company think sailboat hulls used ...

by sridevipavan

Sun May 01, 2011 12:39 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: sailboat hulls
Replies: 7
Views: 4384

Hi,

the question is "what does the second person assume the first person's statement?"

by sridevipavan

Sun May 01, 2011 12:35 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: TEST A- Question 1
Replies: 2
Views: 1073

I didnot understand the first part in this.... "With Proposition 13, if you bought your house 11 years ago for $75,000, your property tax would be approximately $914 a year (1 percent of $75,000 increased by 2 percent each year for 11 years)" Is 1% of 75000(ie 750) increased by 2% each yea...

by sridevipavan

Sun May 01, 2011 12:34 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: property taxes...
Replies: 1
Views: 1003

"(B) The United States consumes one-third of all resources used in the world."

Why can this not be considered??

by sridevipavan

Sun May 01, 2011 12:17 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: resource depletion
Replies: 8
Views: 2306

property taxes...

With Proposition 13, if you bought your house 11 years ago for $75,000, your property tax would be approximately $914 a year (1 percent of $75,000 increased by 2 percent each year for 11 years); and if your neighbor bought an identical house next door to you for $200,000 this year, his tax would be ...

by sridevipavan

Sun May 01, 2011 12:15 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: property taxes...
Replies: 1
Views: 1003

resource depletion

The earth’s resources are being depleted much too fast. To correct this, the United States must keep its resource consumption at present levels for many years to come. 13. The argument above depends on which of the following assumptions? (A) Per capita resource consumption in the United States is ...

by sridevipavan

Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:56 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: resource depletion
Replies: 8
Views: 2306

please help me out in this...!!!

As one who has always believed that truth is our nation’s surest weapon in the propaganda war against our foes, I am distressed by reports of “disinformation� campaigns by American intelligence agents in Western Europe. In a disinformation campaign, untruths are disseminated through gullible l...

by sridevipavan

Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:49 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: please help me out in this...!!!
Replies: 3
Views: 1420

Parental-leave regulations

A law requiring companies to offer employees unpaid time off to care for their children will harm the economic competitiveness of our nation’s businesses. Companies must be free to set their own employment policies without mandated parental-leave regulations. Which of the following, if true, would...

by sridevipavan

Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:53 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Parental-leave regulations
Replies: 5
Views: 1308

Main point of the author...

Johnson is on firm ground when he asserts that the early editors of Dickinson’s poetry often distorted her intentions. Yet Johnson’s own, more faithful, text is still guilty of its own forms of distortion. To standardize Dickinson’s often indecipherable handwritten punctuation by the use of th...

by sridevipavan

Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:52 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Main point of the author...
Replies: 1
Views: 1084

does not support the claim!!!

At one time, European and Japanese companies tried to imitate their American rivals. Today, American appliance manufacturers import European scientists to lead their research staffs; American automakers design cars that mimic the styling of German, Italian, and French imports; and American electroni...

by sridevipavan

Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:05 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: does not support the claim!!!
Replies: 4
Views: 1281
by sridevipavan

Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:24 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: TEST A- Question 1
Replies: 7
Views: 2002

TEST A- Question 1

TEST A- Question 1 Mr. Janeck: I don’t believe Stevenson will win the election for governor. Few voters are willing to elect a businessman with no political experience to such a responsible public office. Ms. Siuzdak: You’re wrong. The experience of running a major corporation is a valuable prep...

by sridevipavan

Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:50 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: TEST A- Question 1
Replies: 7
Views: 2002

TEST A- Question 1

TEST A- Question 1 Mr. Janeck: I don’t believe Stevenson will win the election for governor. Few voters are willing to elect a businessman with no political experience to such a responsible public office. Ms. Siuzdak: You’re wrong. The experience of running a major corporation is a valuable prep...

by sridevipavan

Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:46 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: TEST A- Question 1
Replies: 2
Views: 1073