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How would you name complex organic compounds?

How many carbons are in the longest carbon chain? Prefixes: meth- (1), eth- (2), prop- (3), but- (4), pent- (5), hex- (6) What functional groups are present? [GCSE] Suffixes: -ene (C=C/alkene), -yne (C=-C/al...
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When do you use Mode, Mean and Median

You should use the mode if the data is qualitative (colour etc.) or if quantitative (numbers) with a clearly defined mode (or bi-modal). It is not much use if the distribution is fairly even. Median You shou...
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What is Opportunity Cost?

Opportunity cost is defined as the next best alternative foregone. An example of this is: Someone gives up going to see a movie to study for a test in order to get a good grade. The opportunity cost is the c...
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What is the Dopamine Hypothesis and how can I evaluate it?

The dopamine hypothesis is the theory that schizophrenia is caused by too much dopamine in the brain. The theory states that due to dopamine being a neurotransmitter that instigates the firing of neurons in ...
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What was Durkheim's study of suicide and why does it matter?

It is first necessary to understand why Durkheim carried out this study in the first place and what he was trying to achieve by doing so. As you may remember, Durkheim was a structuralist, and thus believed ...
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