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Falsifying Data A researcher at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research Center was once criticized for falsifying data. Among his data were figures obtained from 6 groups of mice, with 20 individual mice in each group. The following values were given for the percentage of successes in each group: 53%, 58%, 63%, 46%, 48%, 67%. What鈥檚 wrong with those values?

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The percentages were expected to be multiples of 5.

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01

Given information

The data contains observations from six groups of 20 mice each. Percentages for success in the group are 53%, 58%, 63%, 46%, 48%, and 67%.

02

Finding the expected counts of success

The actual count of success in each group of 20 mice can be computed using percentages.

53%脳20=10.658%脳20=11.663%脳20=12.6

All the counts are in the form of decimals.

03

Identifying the flaw of decimal counts

As the count of mice for success is always a whole number, the decimal values are incorrect.

The correct percentage values would be multiples of 5 as one mouse in a group is equivalent to 5%

120脳100=5%

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