Have a conversation with three members of Asian Americans subcultures and get to know their opinions of how their ethnic or nationality group is portrayed on network television shows and in national ads.

What can be learned about nature and nurture from twin studies?

List some of the characteristics that make bacteriophages ideal organisms for many types of genetic studies.

Find three statistical studies and explain whether they used descriptive or inferential statistics.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using observations, standardized tests, and case studies to collect data?

Examining Maps Study the map of European exploration on page $34$. How do you think the Crusades assisted the development of the trade routes throughout the European and Asian continents?

Broadly speaking, why are hematologic studies of blood so important in diagnosing disease?

What political factors explain Indonesia’s relative sluggish economic performance when compared to some of its Southeast Asian neighbors? What economic factors? Are these two related?

Describe studies indicating that the degree of DNA methylation (removal or addition), coupled with changes in trinucleotide repeats, can play a role in mental illness. How have twin studies aided our understanding of the role of DNA methylation in the study of mental illness?

Which of the following characteristics is found in typical Asian hair? a) dark medulla b) sparsely distributed pigment granules c) flattened cross section d) hair is curly

Use the technology of your choice to decide whether applying the Wilcoxon signed-rank test is reasonable. Explain your answer. In the paper “A Survey of African and Asian Elephant Diets and Measured Body Dimensions Compared to Their Estimated Nutrient Requirements” (Proceedings of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association Nutrition Advisory Group.), K. Ange et al. studied nutrient levels of African and Asian elephants at a sample of zoos in the United States and Europe. The following table gives the number of Asian elephants at each of the fifteen zoos sampled.

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What are some characteristics of model genetic organisms that make them useful for genetic studies?

List twenty (20) abbreviations for diagnostic tests such as blood work or radiology (X-ray) studies.

Why are studies of twins important for determining whether a disorder has a biological basis?