Introduction to Planning a Study

AP Statistics· difficulty 1/5

A researcher randomly divides 50 mice into two groups, feeds one a high-fat diet and the other a standard diet, and measures weight gain after 8 weeks.

50 Mice Random Assignment High-fat diet Standard diet Measure weight gain

Which best describes this study?

  • A

    A blocked experiment

  • B

    A completely randomized experiment

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  • C

    An observational study

  • D

    A matched-pairs experiment

Explanation

Treatments are imposed and randomly assigned with no blocking - a completely randomized experiment.

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