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question 33

Multiple Choice

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This figure depicts the results of a study by Ahluwalia et al.(2006) investigating the effects of two types of gum (placebo or nicotine) and two types of counseling (educational or motivational) in helping people to stop smoking.
Figure: Smoking Cessation
-(Figure: Smoking Cessation) Which Figure, A or B, would be the best figure to use when presenting the results of this study and why?

• A) Either graph would be perfectly acceptable for presenting the results of the study.
• B) Figure A would be the best because it depicts the tallest bars.
• C) Figure B would be the best because the y-axis depicts the actual possible values on the dependent measure.
• D) Neither graph would be acceptable when presenting the results of the study.

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