Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078136334
ISBN 13: 978-0-07813-633-7

Chapter 1 - The Nature of Probability and Statistics - 1-4 Experimental Design - Extending the Concepts - Page 25: 43

Answer

We use part of the text in problem 34 as an example of a statistical study. This study gave daily doses of a compound to 20 people and record the responses over a 6 month period. This is clearly a well planned experiment, and it is an experimental study.

Work Step by Step

According to a pilot study of 20 people conducted at the University of Minnesota, daily doses of a compound called arabinogalactan over a period of 6 months resulted in a significant increase in the beneficial lactobacillus species of bacteria.
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