Costigan, Sipsma, & DiPietro (2006). Pregnancy folklore revisited: The case of heartburn and hair. Birth, 33,...
Costigan, Sipsma, & DiPietro (2006). Pregnancy folklore revisited: The case of heartburn and hair. Birth, 33, 311-314.
1. What is the hypothesis tested in this study?
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Folklore can arise by the discovery of original relationships linking apparently unrelated experiences and continue through oral tradition. The purpose of this study was to discover whether a general pregnancy belief that women who undergo a lot of heartburn give birth to newborns with much of the hair is right.
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Control
Total
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3. Based on your calculation of the relative
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intervention have on pregnancy...
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