Selecting an Experimental Design

AP Statistics· difficulty 2/5

The diagram describes a study of three treatments stratified by age.

120 Subjects Block: Young (60) Block: Old (60) T1 (20) T2 (20) P (20) T1 (20) T2 (20) P (20) Compare response within blocks

What design is shown?

  • A

    Randomized block design with two blocks and three treatments

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  • B

    Matched-pairs design

  • C

    Stratified sampling design

  • D

    Completely randomized design with six treatments

Explanation

Subjects are first separated into blocks (Young/Old), then randomly assigned to one of three treatments within each block. This is a randomized block design.

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