Errors and Expectations

Imagine yourself in a situation where you have received the results of a blood test that indicates you have tested positive for HIV. During the next few weeks you go through feelings of depression, anger, sadness, and despair. You feel confused, and are uncertain of how life will be like from now on. Later, you receive the results of a second test that shows you have tested negative for the disease. You are angry at the physician for putting you through weeks of misery, and want to blame him for…

1. How do you feel about your fitness testing results and why? I’m very happy with my fitness testing results because I can see a significant improvement on crunches over the year, and I have improved on most fitness tests including pushes ups, crunches, P.A.C.E.R. test, and vertical jump. 2. What health-related physical fitness components did you improve? The health-related physical fitness components I improved are muscular endurance and strength. 3. Discuss the barriers or challenges you…

Chapter 11 Summary and Case Study: The Ethics of Testing and Screening The reliability of machines is not always sufficient in the processing of information. As technology is the forefront of processing data, ethical complications manifest from the incorrect interpretation of testing involving diagnosis and health screening. As the results of the test are concluded, additional concerns develop such as the risk of disclosing personal information, the possibility of losing a job, inability to…

Zwahr-Castro, J., & Dicke-Bohmann, A. K. (2014). Who can be friends? Characteristics of those who remain friends after dissolution of a romantic relationship. Individual Differences Research, 12(4-A), 142-152. In this article, the author used an optimal size of 522 college students that included the friends and family of the same college students. This study seeks the participation in a self-assessment study on whether or not a former couple remained friends after a dissolution of a romantic…

the full model due to the high dimensions of the model. As implemented in a previous method, I will create a reduced model with the variables that were identified as the most significant for the reduced logistic regression model: Model Error Rate (training) Error Rate (validation) Full model 25.5102…

With the advancement of medicine and technology, it is evident that there is a growing elderly population in the developed countries such as the United States. Perhaps, some casually phrase it as the “baby boomers getting older.” My experience as a nurse taught me that despite developments in modern medicine, there are challenges such as elderly independence and prevention of falls along with the combination of polypharmacy and multiple comorbidities posing as risks. The Center for Disease…

Denver Developmental Screening Tool II: Explanation and Implementation The Denver Developmental Screening Tool II (DDSTII) is a revision of DDST and DDST-R and is the most widely used developmental screening tool for examining children. It was developed at the University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver, Colorado; hence it’s name. It screens a child for cognitive delays and behavioral problems from birth to 6 years of age. The sooner the delay is picked up the sooner the child can get…

It was recorded that 12 out of 35 patients, suffered from extrahepatic tumour. This was revealed by PET/CT combined and by CT scan single-handedly. The extrahepatic tumours in two of the patients were not detected by PET and PET/CT; those were recorded to have node of 2 –cm lymph in the hepatoduodenal ligament. It is furthermore, true that both forms of the scans (CT and PET/CT) reported extrahepatic tumour in patients that did not have it at all. The CT scan reported it in 3 out of 23 patients,…

Autism The definition of ASD or Autism Spectrum Disorder is a developmental disability that, greatly affects verbal and nonverbal forms of communication and social experiences. This can be found in children before the age of three. Autism can affect a child’s educational experience badly. There are three core symptoms with autism, social interaction and relationships, verbal and nonverbal communication, limited interests in activates or play. But within these core symptoms there are, many…

Functional behavioral assessment is necessary tool in Applied Behavior Analysis field. In this paper I will discuss my area of interest. I will also discuss Functional Behavioral Assessment testing instrument in school setting. I will discuss the false negatives, false positives, hits and miss of interpreting and the validity of FBA. Including, FBA in relations to cultural divers students. FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIORL ASSESSMENT In the field of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) one of…