So while I spent my weekends writing essays with a room full of Poindexters who preferred the thrills of multiple choice test taking to tossing around a sports ball, I maintained a healthy social life, which, to my naive mind, also meant picking up a couple of bad habits.
Earlier today, a study in Science Translational Medicine proposed that DNA sequencing could become a standard first-choice test for infants in neonatal intensive care units, because a combination of new software and hardware could allow doctors to get results in just 50 hours, answering questions about what is making a baby sick far faster when time is of the essence.
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The 15-question multiple-choice graduation test does not seem designed to fail many of the candidates.
In Ghana, for example, sixth-graders sitting a simple multiple-choice reading test scored on average the same mark that would be gained by random guessing.
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Dutch researchers are proposing that DNA sequencing replace older forms of genetic tests for diagnosing the cause of severe intellectual disability, the second time in a day that researchers have pushed the emerging technology as a first-choice diagnostic test for severe illness.
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The test is a multiple-choice exam used to test judgement in clinical scenarios.
He was by no means an automatic choice for the second Test at Edgbaston, but he bounced back with seven wickets and the man-of -the-match award.
Governments thus face a choice between banning the use of test results and destroying the industry, or allowing their use and creating an underclass of people who are either uninsurable or cannot afford to insure themselves.
India became an obvious choice as it allowed the company to test for diversity and multiple languages.
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To test another variable the only choice was to rerun the entire pilot and therefore double the cost.
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There are certainly people who fall into different camps on certain issues, for example people who want to use pay for performance based on test scores, school-choice advocates, people who think reading should be taught by using phonics, people who think there should be no homework, and on and on and on.
In one test of anxiety, animals were given the choice of staying in the relative safety of a dark box, or of venturing into a lighted box.
Similarly, in another test of anxiety, animals were given the choice of venturing out on an elevated and unprotected bar to explore their environment, or remain in the relative safety of a similar bar protected by enclosing walls.
BOSI, a personality test for entrepreneurs based on 10 simple multiple-choice questions, puts participating entrepreneurs into one of four personality types, and then warns them of the potential pitfalls of each.
First-choice spin bowler Paul Harris suffered a broken thumb in the first Test against Bangladesh at Bloemfontein, which finished on Saturday with South Africa winning by an innings and 129 runs.
Achievement, measured by test scores and students' future earnings, is higher when there is more choice among districts.
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As The Economist went to press that was the choice facing HSBC, whose dogged pursuit of Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) has become a litmus test of South Korean attitudes to foreign investment.
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And, as of this week, the crew is joined by Kyle Abbott, the bustling, bulky sixth-choice seamer who bested even de Lange with 7-29 in the first innings of the third Test against Pakistan.
The Lions suffered a host of injuries in Pretoria, including losing first-choice props Gethin Jenkins and Adam Jones, but McGeechan is confident his battered team can still win the final Test.
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