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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 - Statistics, Trade-Offs, and Society, Close.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was a giant in psychiatry?
(a) Salk.
(b) Curie.
(c) Koop.
(d) Jung.

2. According to the text how many adults are there in the US?
(a) 100 million.
(b) 300 million.
(c) 200 million.
(d) 250 million.

3. What was the original discount?
(a) 75%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 25%.

4. Paulos uses the example involving what disease?
(a) Psoriasis.
(b) Liver disease.
(c) Heart failure.
(d) Breast cancer.

5. What did the doctor invent?
(a) Slide rule.
(b) Poisson's Formula.
(c) Biorhythmic analysis.
(d) The rat's maze.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the two people meet?

2. What is a student's last chance to learn math?

3. What is the name of the method Paulos illustrates in the wildlife study?

4. Which is not mentioned as being a way to teach children?

5. Paulos often has people ask him about what?

(see the answer key)

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