Q1. Which of the following statements about racism in science and statistics is FALSE? Select all that apply.

A. Carl Linnaeus defined human beings by different races in his development of taxonomy, applying race as a continuous variable.
B. Certain head sizes and shapes were attributed to specific races, using flawed experimental methods and sampling techniques
C. Francis Galton developed statistical techniques of correlation and linear regression to prove his theories of "social Darwinism."
D. Karl Pearson, developer of the chi-squared test, and Ronald Fisher, who developed Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), both studied eugenics in their leadership roles in academia.
E. All the above are true statements

Question 2.

Which of the following are examples of how race has affected access to and provision of health care in United States? Select all that apply.

A. The pseudoscience, phrenology, was the study of different perceptions of pain based on race
B. An ethnic adjustment, or race correction, is still used to this day in certain lung function tests
C. Universal acceptance of race as a social construct, rather than biological attribute(s), led to the equity in health outcomes across races and ethnicities observed in the current day
D. Past public health and medical research, like the US Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee, has disproportionately disadvantaged people of underserved races and ethnicities
E. All the above

Question 3.

What is an accurate statement of disparities observed in behavioral disorders diagnosed in youth?

• A. ADHD tends to be diagnosed at higher rates in Black and Hispanic youth compared to white youth
• B. There is concern that clinical bias leads to higher rates of conduct disorder diagnosis among minority youth
• C. Socio-economic status differences completely explain racial disparities in conduct disorder diagnoses
• D. Compared to ADHD, the treatment environment for conduct disorder is much more supportive
• E. All the above

Question 4.

Reporting health disparities without context can perpetuate harmful stereotypes

True

False

Question 5.

Which is an accurate statement of the results of simulated data from Cameron and Guterman (2007)?

• A. We retained the null hypothesis that there was no relationship between race/ethnicity and aggressive or delinquent behavior
• B. We rejected the null hypothesis that conduct disorders are diagnosed at a higher rate among Black and Hispanic youth
• C. After controlling for behavior, we found no difference in conduct disorder diagnoses by race/ethnicity
• D. We used a chi-square test because aggressive and delinquent behaviors were measured on an interval scale
• E. Both A and D