Anonprofit company concerned with the school dropout rates has designed a tutoring program aimed at students between 16 to 18 years old. a national center for educational statistics reported that the high school dropout rate for the year 2000 was 9.1%. one school district, who adopted the use of the nonprofit's tutoring program and whose dropout rate has always been very close to the national average, reported in 2004 that 126 of their 1798 students dropped out. is their experience evidence that the tutoring program has been effective?

Afederally funded research study involving children 8 to 12 years old involves collecting a single voided urine sample to assess the frequency of asymptomatic proteinuria (higher amounts of protein in the urine without any signs or symptoms of illness or infection). your irb has determined that assent of children age 8 and older is required for the study. a 10-year-old firmly declined to participate in the study described above. which of the following procedures best describes the action to be taken by the investigator? a. honor the child's decision b. consent both of the child's parents instead c. consent one of the child's parents instead d. request the child reconsider assenting to the study