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Chapter 1: Q. 37 (page 52)
Is a sample size of two representative of a population of five?
Yes, a sample size of two is typical of a five-person population.
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List some practical difficulties involved in getting accurate results from a telephone survey.
List some practical difficulties involved in getting accurate results from a mailed survey.
Discuss potential violations of the rule requiring informed consent.
a. Inmates in a correctional facility are offered good behavior credit in return for participation in a study.
b. A research study is designed to investigate a new children鈥檚 allergy medication.
c. Participants in a study are told that the new medication being tested is highly promising, but they are not told that only a small portion of participants will receive the new medication. Others will receive placebo treatments and traditional treatments.
Use the following information to answer the next seven exercises: Studies are often done by pharmaceutical companies to determine the effectiveness of a treatment program. Suppose that a new AIDS antibody drug is currently under study. It is given to patients once the AIDS symptoms have revealed themselves. Of interest is the average (mean) length of time in months patients live once starting the treatment. Two researchers each follow a different set of 40 AIDS patients from the start of treatment until their deaths. The following data (in months) are collected.
Researcher A: 3; 4; 11; 15; 16; 17; 22; 44; 37; 16; 14; 24; 25; 15; 26; 27; 33; 29; 35; 44; 13; 21; 22; 10; 12; 8; 40; 32; 26; 27; 31; 34; 29; 17; 8; 24; 18; 47; 33; 34
Researcher B: 3; 14; 11; 5; 16; 17; 28; 41; 31; 18; 14; 14; 26; 25; 21; 22; 31; 2; 35; 44; 23; 21; 21; 16; 12; 18; 41; 22; 16; 25; 33; 34; 29; 13; 18; 24; 23; 42; 33; 29
Suggest at least two methods the researchers might use to gather random data.
For the following four exercises, determine the type of sampling used (simple random, stratified, systematic, cluster, or convenience).
A group of test subjects is divided into twelve groups; then four of the groups are chosen at random.
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