Intro STATS, Books a la Carte Plus New Mystatlab with Pearson Etext -- Access Card Package
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Author: Richard D. De Veaux
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 11, Problem 40E
Insomnia, at last Exercises 24, 36, and 38 describe an experiment investigating the effectiveness of exercise in combating insomnia. Suppose some of the 40 subjects had maintained a healthy weight, but others were quite overweight. Why might researchers choose to block the subjects by weight level before randomly assigning some of each group to the exercise program?
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