Selecting an Experimental Design

AP Statistics· difficulty 2/5

A study of two exercise programs has 60 men and 60 women. Researchers randomly assign 30 men to each program and 30 women to each program.

120 Subjects 60 Men 60 Women Prog A (30) Prog B (30) Prog A (30) Prog B (30)

What kind of design is this?

  • A

    Randomized block design with gender as the blocking variable

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  • B

    Stratified random sample

  • C

    Completely randomized design

  • D

    Matched-pairs design

Explanation

Subjects are first separated into blocks (men, women) and then randomly assigned to treatments within each block - a randomized block design.

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