Determine the Evaluation Guideline That Applies Best in Questioning the Results

question 70

Multiple Choice

Determine the evaluation guideline that applies best in questioning the results of the described study.
-A homeowner put a brand-name fertilizer/weed killer on half of his lawn and a generic fertilizer/weed killer on
The other half. After three weeks, the generic side had 1 weed per square meter, the other side 1.7 weeds per
Square meter. The generic side required two mowings in the 3 weeks, the brand-name side one. The
Homeowner concluded that the generic was superior to the brand-name.

• A)Consider the type of study.
• B)Consider the sample.
• C)Consider possible confounding variables.
• D)Consider the source.

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Definitions:

Sequential Search

Sequential search is a search algorithm that checks each element in a list one by one until the desired element is found or the end of the list is reached.

Ordered List

An ordered list is a collection of elements arranged in a linear sequence according to some sortable property, such as numerical or lexicographical order.

Key Comparisons

The act of evaluating two keys during sorting or searching algorithms to determine their relative order.

Binary Search

Binary search is an efficient algorithm for finding a target value within a sorted array by repeatedly dividing the search interval in half.