Introductory Statistics (2nd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321978271
Author: Robert Gould, Colleen N. Ryan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 62CRE
Brief Exercise and Diabetes As part of a study, sixteen young men performed high-intensity exercise that totaled only 15 minute in two-week period. At the end of two weeks, several (but not all) tests for diabetes, such as an insulin sensitivity test, showed improvement. Do these results indicate that brief, high-intensity exercise causes an improvement in markers for diabetes? What essential component of both controlled experiments and observational studies is missing from this study?
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