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Chapter4FRAPPY!

Directions:Showallyourwork.Indicateclearlythemethodsyouuse,becauseyouwillbescoredonthe

correctnessofyourmethodsaswellasontheaccuracyandcompletenessofyourresultsand

explanations.

Inarecentstudy,166adultsfromtheSt.Louisareawererecruitedandrandomlyassignedtoreceiveone

oftwotreatmentsforasinusinfection.Halfofthesubjectsreceivedanantibiotic(amoxicillin)andthe

otherhalfreceivedaplacebo.

(a)Describehowtheresearcherscouldhaveassignedtreatmentstosubjectsiftheywantedtousea

completelyrandomizeddesign.

(b)Allthesubjectsintheexperimenthadmoderate,severe,orveryseveresymptomsatthebeginningof

thestudy.Describeonestatisticalbenefitandonestatisticaldrawbackforusingsubjectswithmoderate,

severe,orveryseveresymptomsinsteadofjustusingsubjectswithveryseveresymptoms.

(c)Atdifferentstagesduringthenextmonth,allsubjectstookthesino-nasaloutcometest.After10days,

thedifferenceiagetestscoreswasnotstatisticallysignificant.Inthiscontext,explainwhatitmeans

forthedifferencetobenotstatisticallysignificant.

(d)Onepossiblewaythatresearcherscouldhaveimprovedthestudyistousearandomizedblockdesign.

Explainhowtheresearcherscouldhaveincorporatedblockingintheirdesign.

第4章Froppapp！

说明：显示您的所有作品。清楚地您使用的方法，因为您将在方法的正确性以及结果的准确性和完整性解释。

在最近的一项研究中，招募了来自圣路易斯地区的166名成年人，并随机分配接受一个受试者的两种治疗方法接受了抗生素（阿莫西林）和另一半接受了安慰剂。

a）描述研究人员是否想使用一个受试者的治疗方法完全