Excursions In Modern Mathematics, 9th Edition
Excursions In Modern Mathematics, 9th Edition
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780134494142
Author: Tannenbaum
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 34E

Exercises 33 through 36 refer to the following story: The manufacturer of a new vitamin (vitamin X) decides to sponsor a study to determine the vitamin's effectiveness in curing the common cold. Five hundred college students having a cold were recruited from colleges in the San Diego area and were paid to participate as subjects in this study. The subjects were each given two tablets of vitamin X a day. Based on information provided by the subjects themselves, 457 of the 500 subjects were cured of their colds within 3 days. (The average number of days a cold lasts is 4.87 days.) As a result of this study, the manufacturer launched an advertising campaign based on the claim that “vitamin X is more than 90 % effective in curing the common cold.”

a. Was the study a controlled study? Explain.

b. List four possible causes other than the effectiveness of vitamin X itself that could have confounded the results of the study.

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Excursions In Modern Mathematics, 9th Edition

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