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Week 1: Evidence Claims and Study Types
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A pharmaceutical company conducted an experiment to test a drug for controlling diabetes. The company enrolled participants for the experiment and divided them into 2 groups. One group received an inert drug and the other group received the diabetes control drug.
In the description of the above experiment, determine the experimental group.
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The group that received the inert drug is the experimental group
The group that received the diabetic control drug is the experimental group
Both the groups are experimental groups
All people with diabetes
A pharmaceutical company conducted an experiment to test a drug for controlling diabetes. The compan...
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The group that received the diabetic control drug is the experimental group
In the situation given here, the experimental factor is the kind of drug received by each group. The experimental group is the group that receives the diabetes control drug.
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A researcher wants to evaluate the effect of using Facebook on happiness. Would an experimental or observational study design be more appropriate?
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An experimental study should be used with the use of Facebook as the controlled factor.
An experimental study should be used with happiness as the controlled factor.
An observational study should be used because it is not possible to control the use of Facebook.
An observational study should be used because it is not possible to control happiness.
A researcher wants to evaluate the effect of using Facebook on happiness. Would an experimental or o...
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An experimental study should be used with the use of Facebook as the controlled factor.
In an experimental study, the researchers attempt to control one or more aspects of the individuals in the sample. In this experiment, the use of Facebook could be controlled to see if there is an effect on happiness.
In the description of the following experiment, determine the experimental factor. A research team is testing a paste form of a drug to alleviate inflammation. Participants are grouped into Team A and Team B. Team A receives the paste form of the drug. Team B receives a similar paste with no active ingredients.
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Team A and Team B
the kind of paste received
the paste with the active ingredient
whether or not the paste helps the inflammation
In the description of the following experiment, determine the experimental factor. A research team i...
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the kind of paste received
The experimental factor, also called the treatment, is the explanatory variable that is varied so that the effect on the response variable can be measured. In this case, the paste given to the groups was controlled, so it is the experimental factor.
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