A company wants to study the effects a new drug has on alleviating pain.  Some patients at doctor’s office are selected to be in the study.  The patients will be randomly assigned to take the new drug or the old drug.  They will be monitored to see when the pain goes away. What is the variable of interest? A. V.O.I. = Addiction to the drug       B. V.O.I = Number of doses received       C. V.O.I. = Which drug the patience received.       D. V.O.I. = How long it takes for pain to go away

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A company wants to study the effects a new drug has on alleviating pain.  Some patients at doctor’s office are selected to be in the study.  The patients will be randomly assigned to take the new drug or the old drug.  They will be monitored to see when the pain goes away.

What is the variable of interest?

A. V.O.I. = Addiction to the drug
     
B. V.O.I = Number of doses received
     
C. V.O.I. = Which drug the patience received.
     
D. V.O.I. = How long it takes for pain to go away

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Variable of interest is the is the variable which is changing  and that is measured.

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