Consider a Completely Randomized Design with K Treatments

question 24

Multiple Choice

Consider a completely randomized design with k treatments. Assume all pairwise comparisons of treatment means are to be made using a multiple comparisons procedure. Determine the total number of treatment means to be compared for the value k = 8.

• A) 28
• B) 8
• C) 36
• D) 16

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

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