Chapter 1: Q9CQQ (page 1)
Physicians’ Health Study In the Physicians’ Health Study, some of the subjects were treated with aspirin while others were given a placebo. For the subjects in this experiment, what is blinding?
Blinding for subjects is assigning either of the two treatments to them without their knowledge.
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Identify whether the given value is a statistic or a parameter.
Periodic table The average (mean) atomic weight of all elements in the periodic table is 134.355 unified atomic mass units.
Determine whether the sampling method appears to be sound or is flawed.
Clinical Trials. Researchers at Yale University conduct a wide variety of clinical trials by using subjects who volunteer after reading advertisements soliciting paid volunteers.
Online Medical Info. USA Today posted this question on its website: “How often do you seek medical information online?” Of 1072 Internet users who chose to respond, 38% of them responded with “frequently.” What term is used to describe this type of survey in which the people surveyed consist of those who decided to respond? What is wrong with this type of sampling method?
Determine whether the data are from discrete data or continuous data set.
Corvettes A shift manager records the numbers of Corvettes manufactured during each day of production.
Determine whether the given source has the potential to create a bias in a statistical study.
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine tends to oppose the use of meat and dairy products in our diets and that organization has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding from the Foundation to Support Animal Protection.
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